"Old Number 7" Argent Narrow Gauge Locomotive - Hardeeville, South Carolina
N 32° 17.145 W 081° 04.766
17S E 492520 N 3572112
The Argent train Engine No. 7 was donated to the town of Hardeeville upon the closing of the Argent Lumber Company. This narrow gauge train is a rarity and attracts many people from across the nation.
Waymark Code: WM2E3W
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2007
Views: 164
This wood burning steam locomotive with balloon smoke stack was built by the H.K. Porter Company about 1910. It was used by Argent Lumber Company, a leading are employer established in 1916 to haul timber from the forest to mill. In 1960 the locomotive was donated to the Town of Hardeeville for public display as a logging and lumbering relic of this area.
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