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Verdi Lumber Co Pattern Block [125204]

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Verdi Lumber Co Pattern Block  [125204]
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This is a wooden pattern block for a split pulley that would have been used at the Virginia and Truckee Rail Road foundry to cast a new iron pulley wheel. A sawtooth picture hanger has been attached to the back side for mounting on a wall. This wooden disk is 12 inches in diameter and 2 inches thick. The Verdi Lumber Company began in the late 1800s as the underground mines of the Comstock were in high demand for timber to use as square-set timbering, building construction, and fuel for trains and stationary engines. Just as the mines were beginning to wind down, the Central Pacific Railroad was pushing westward over the Sierra Nevada mountains, with high demands for ties and lumber for bridges. The Verdi Lumber Company developed its own railway system west of Verdi to haul cut logs down from the eastern slopes of the Sierra to their sawmill in Verdi. The death knell of the company was a 1926 fire that destroyed the sawmill and other buildings, causing the company to dissolve in 1927. Read more about the interesting history and influence of this company in a 2007 article online by Robert Whalley. See photos for details.

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State: Nevada
City: Verdi
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