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Photographer: Dexter Press
Taken: Circa 1950's
Caption: Whistling Billy Marker
Additional Description: Vintage 1950's Color Postcard! "Whistling Billie"
Steam Engine
Coulterville, California This eight-ton, short-wheel base, wood burning locomotive, built by the H. K. Porter Co. of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, was delivered to the Merced Mining Company of Coulterville in 1897. All of "Billy’s" active life was spent hauling gold-bearing quartz ore over the narrow-guage tracks from the Mary Harrison mine, south of town, to the Potosi stamp mill, west of town – a distance of about four miles. Abandoned in 1904, it was resurrected in the mid 1930's, and placed here for all to see and enjoy. Further information on "Billy" may be obtained inside the history center.
Submitted: February 4, 2010, by Bobbie Skye of Arroyo Grande, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p95172
File Size: 0.293 Megabytes

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