McCloud River Railroad: McCloud Sawmill


Here are some historic photos of the McCloud sawmills.


A view of the original log pond on the south side of McCloud from the Marc Reusser collection. The men on the logs used the long sticks they are holding to move the logs around the pond.


An old circa 1908 colorized postcard of logs being dumped into the the original mill pond. Jeff Moore collection.


A later view of the original mill. Jeff Moore collection.



A colorized postcard of the new mill. Jeff Moore collection.



A colorized postcard from around 1907 looking over the log pond at the new mill. Jeff Moore collection.



A colorized postcard with a 1910 postmark date of a large load of logs at the new mill. Jeff Moore collection.



A full frontal view of the new mill on the face of a 1912 postcard. Jeff Moore collection.



A 1931 postcard of logs being dumped into the pond. Jeff Moore collection.



An overall view of the lumber mill from around 1927 from the collection of Marc Reusser showing the original "new mill" on the right and the second mill to the left.



A later view of the McCloud sawmills, this one from the 1940s. Eastman photo postcard, Jeff Moore collection.



A colorized postcard of stacked lumber. Despite the caption this appears to be the McCloud drying yards. Jeff Moore collection.



A shot of the slash burner from the Marc Reusser collection.



An early colorized postcard of the McCloud factories. The planing and moulding mills and grading shed are on the left, while the box and sash and door factories are in the building to the right. Jeff Moore collection.



Pat Driscoll took these photos of the closed planing mill and other factories in the early 1980s.





















More past and present photos of the McCloud sawmill can be seen here.