Tracy City in Grundy County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Farquhar Steam Engine and Boiler

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 18, 2025

1. Farquhar Steam Engine and Boiler Marker

Inscription. The portable steam engine and boiler on display provided power at Killian Sawmill on Old Stone Door Road in Beersheba Springs. Burl Franklin Killian is shown at the sawmill circa 1955.

Farquhar Sawmills were first built in 1956

The Farquhar Portable Steam Engine and Boiler on display has been donated by Aubrey Hale and restored by Jamey Chernicky with funding provided by Community Fund of the South Cumberland Plateau.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.

Location. 35° 15.669′ N, 85° 44.224′ W. Marker is in Tracy City, Tennessee, in Grundy County. It is at the intersection of Laurel Street and Main Street (Scenic U.S. 41), on the right when traveling north on Laurel Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14 Laurel St, Tracy City TN 37387, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau

and in the Highland Rim.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Golden's No. 1 New Model Sorghum Mill (here, next to this marker); Why President Taft Came to Sewanee (here, next to this marker); Tracy City (a few steps from this marker); Leonard L. Tate (a few steps from this marker); The Formation of Coal on the Plateau (a few steps from this marker); Why President Taft Came to Sewanee (Part II)

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(a few steps from this marker); Mountain People (a few steps from this marker); Shook School Traffic Control (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tracy City.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 18, 2025

2. Farquhar Steam Engine and Boiler Marker

Farquhar Portable Steam Engine and Boiler image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 18, 2025

3. Farquhar Portable Steam Engine and Boiler

Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 96 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 6, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.