Historical Marker

ca. 1930 Whitcomb 15-ton Model 15DM4 Locomotive

Cartersville · Bartow County

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The Story

This roughly 1930 Whitcomb diesel-electric 'dinky' hauled barite ore from the New Riverside Ochre mine to Cartersville's rail yard. The ore became drilling mud for Texas and Oklahoma oil fields.

About this site

ca. 1930 Whitcomb 15-ton Model 15DM4 Locomotive is a historical marker in Cartersville, Bartow County. It is one of 139 historical markers documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.2416, -84.7697 near Cartersville. The nearest cataloged historic site is ca. 1925 P&H Dragline Model 206 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include ca. 1960 Euclid Dump Truck, Harris II - Meter Satellite Earth Station Antenna, and Tellus Science Museum.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 34.2416, -84.7697 · Cartersville, Bartow County

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