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Jim Wolverton interview
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1978-11-08 [date recorded] (Creation)
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RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-11-08 SUMMARY: In an interview with Robert Turner, Jim Wolverton discusses his experiences in railroading: started in 1913 at 16 years of age; started firing on a 23 ton, then a 40 ton shay for the Puget Sound Northern Timber Company; burned coal in those days; became an engineer when his supervisor retired; no exams in logging in those days; paid $110 a month as an engineer in the beginning; long and tiring hours; stayed at Port Angeles from 1913 to 1920. [Remainder of interview not transcribed.]
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Robert D. Turner, 1979-1980
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- Partial transcript on file.
- Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-195.
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- Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
- Copyright Status: Copyright British Columbia Archives.
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Excerpts from this interview appeared in the publication "Railroaders", Sound Heritage Series no. 31.
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Accession number(s): T3356
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speaker: Jim Wolverton, interviewer: Robert David Turner