Posts Tagged: swift river railroad



Somersworth Machine Company Stove

Somersworth Machine Company Stove
Somersworth Machine Company Stove, Swift River Trail - Pictured here in 2010 at an abandoned campsite in the Horne Brook drainage in Livermore, New Hampshire, is an old stove made by the Somersworth Machine Company in Great Falls (today's Somersworth), New Hampshire. This stove is a protected artifact; the removal of historical artifacts from federal lands without a permit is a violation of federal law...[Continue reading] ...

Noyes & Goddard Stove (historical artifact)

Noyes and Goddard stove - White Mountains, New Hampshire
Noyes & Goddard, Swift River Railroad - Seen here in 2010 is an old stove at the site of the Holland camp along the abandoned Swift River logging Railroad in the New Hampshire White Mountains. This is a Noyes & Goddard stove (1886-1902 +/-) produced in Waterville, Maine. The stove model is "Maine". Incorporated on March 25, 1903, and operated by the Conway Company, the roughly twenty-five mile long Swift River Railroad was in operation from 1906-1916...[Continue reading] ...

Swift River Railroad

Boulder Loop Trail - Mount Chocorua, New Hampshire
Swift River Railroad, New Hampshire - The Swift River Railroad was a logging railroad in the Swift River Valley of the New Hampshire White Mountains. It was operated by the Conway Company and was in operation from 1906-1916. The railroad began in Conway, at the Conway Company’s sawmill, and traveled up the Swift River Valley following the Swift River and much of today’s Kancamagus Scenic Byway....[Continue reading] ...