Dewey Brothers Geared Steam Locomotives

Dewey Brothers Locomotives

Geared Steam Locomotive Works ©

c/n 630
Southern Iron & Equipment #1415 ¹⁵^p

c/n 530
Hammer Lumber Co.²²⁰^p

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The Dewey Brothers (Charles, George, and Earnest) of Goldsboro, North Carolina began building and repairing sawmill and other machinery in 1884. About 1898, they started building industrial type locomotives with oscillating cylinders. Later they began building chain and sprocket gear drive locomotives similar to the 1882 design created by W. E. Cole of Montgomery, Alabama. Production ended in the late 1920's. ²⁰⁰^d Dewey locomotives were used in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Virginia. Records show that at least 43 geared drive locomotives were built. The remainder of this page will focus only on the geared locomotives.

Two standard models or types were built. The smaller of the two had a common cylinder size of 6"x9" and the larger model, a size of 8"x12". Within the larger type, a variation was offered by the addition of a trailing truck and an additional water tank. For the purposes of discussion, we will refer to the types by their common cylinder size - 6x9 & 8x12.

	6 x 9 Data	8 x 12 Data
Cylinders	6" x 9"	8" x 12"
Weight - tons	5 tons	12 & 16 tons
Gauge	Narrow (36") or Standard	Narrow or Standard
Wheel Arrangement	0-4-0T	0-4-0T 0-4-2T
Driver size		33"
Overall Length		19' 6"
Height

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ROSTER - 6"x 9" Cylinder Type: - all are 0-4-0T wheel arrangement - Rosters: 6x9 ~ 8x12

C/N	Ga.	Wt.	Owners (1st to last)
500	36''		Thornton & Wallace G. W. and R. J. Rackley
510	36''		G. A. Waller ²²⁰^d Dewey Bros ²¹⁰^d D. H. Greene ²²⁰^d - possibly of Green Lumber Company - north of Kingstree, ____South Carolina - purchased used from Dewey Bros.²¹⁰^d
520	36"		Stock J. C. Hales (for Wilson Light & Power Co) J. F. White Parksley Lbr. Co.
530	Std		Heane Brothers - 1910 Hammer Lumber Co. - Little River, South Carolina - purchased ____10/19/1911 - regauged to 36''²¹⁰^d
540	Std		Carr Brothers - Moncks Corner, South Carolina ¹⁴^d
550	?		H. Weil & Bros. Brickyard²²⁰^dDewey Bros. - pur 2/1915 - boiler replaced ²¹⁰^d O. H. Folley & Co. - pur 6/1915 - Sumter, South Carolina ²¹⁰^d,²²⁰^d Booth-Parker Lumber Co. - Nesmith, South Carolina²¹⁰^d
560	Std		D. B. McKeeI. T. Morgan - pur 03/19/1914
570	Std		H. M. & J. W. Goethe & Co. - Manassas, Tattnall County, Georgia H. B. Nasworthy - Claxton, Tattnall County, Georgia _____(1st & 2nd owner data from sales records of Lima Locomotive & Machine Works and Southern Iron & Equipment Co. _____courtesy of ¹⁴^d) W. D. Bradley & Co. - pur 11/15/1916²²⁰^d
580	Std		Sears & Boland Hurtsboro Lbr. Co. - Hurtsboro, Russell County, Alabama ¹⁹^d
590	Std		E. V. Griffin
C/N	Ga.	Wt.	Owners (1st to last)
600	Std		Sutton Bros. Utility Mfg. Co. (for C. C. Griffin)
610	36''		W. T. Kuhin (sic) Lumber Co. Scotland Lumber Co. - Stokes, South Carolina Salkehatchie Lumber Co. - gauge - Schofield, South Carolina ²¹⁰^d
620	36"		Dewey Bros. - built for stock Hales & Bryant Lbr. Co. Moore & Moore - pur 05/29/1914 Cape Fear Lbr. Co. - pur 05/28/1916
630	Std	7	Southern Lumber Co. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1415 - Atlanta, Georgia Davis & Williams - Fitzpatrick, Georgia - purchased 4/1919 then ____returned to: Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1415 - Atlanta, Georgia Caldwell & Cooley #1 - Ellisville, Mississippi ____purchased 11/20/1919 for $1,250 ¹⁵^d
640	Std		Cameron & Barkley Co.* - dealer - Charleston, South Carolina Padgett & Land Mercantile - wood track H. L. Lawton ²¹⁰^d
650	Std		Cameron & Barkley Co.* - dealer - Charleston, South Carolina Whipple Lumber Company - Ravenel, South Carolina ____purchased 10/20/1917 ²¹⁰^d
660	Std		T. G. Wise Harrington & Rogers Merton Seawell - pur 05/29/1916
C/N	Ga.	Wt.	Owners (1st to last)
670	Std		Cameron & Barkley Co.* - Charleston, South Carolina C. S. Whipple Lumber Company - Drake, South Carolina ^210d
680	Std		Cameron & Barkley Co.* - Charleston, South Carolina Garriss & Corbett, c/o Savannah Lumber Co.
690	Std		Cowikee Lbr. Co. - Rutherford, Alabama ¹⁹^d Johns & Sears - Guerryton, Alabama ¹⁹^d
700	36''		Wilmington Cooperage Co.
710	Std		Cameron & Barkley Co.* - Charleston, South Carolina J. B. Slippey
720	36''		Cameron & Barkley Co.* - Charleston, South Carolina W. L. Stokes - Stokes, South Carolina ²¹⁰^d
730	Std		Cameron & Barkley Co.* - Charleston, South Carolina Golden Hardware Co. - wood track W. W. Stutts - wooden track ²¹⁰^d
740	36''		J. F. Gilmore
#750 & 760 are unaccounted for. Starting with c/n 770, full owner details are missing from the builder records
C/N	Ga.	Wt.	Owners
770	Nrw	_	Unknown
780	Nrw	_	"
790	Std	_	"
800	Std	_	"
810	Nrw	_	"
820	Nrw	_	"
830	Nrw	_	"
840	Nrw	_	"
850	Nrw	_	"
860	Nrw	_	"
870	Nrw	_	"
880	Std	_	"
890	Nrw	_	"
900	Nrw	_	"

* Cameron & Barkley Co. sold mill supplies and machinery. ²²⁰^d
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ROSTER - 8"x 12" Cylinder Type: Rosters: 6x9 ~ 8x12

The 8x12 type construction numbering scheme began with 505 and progressed in increments of 5. All had 33" drivers. Erection records existed, but no owner information was recorded.

C/N	Wheel Arrangement	Weight (tons)
505	0-4-0T	12
515	0-4-0T	12
525	0-4-0T	12
535	0-4-2T	16
545	0-4-2T	16

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OWNERS with unknown c/n:

Borden Brick and Tile Co. ~ Goldsboro, N.C. ~ noted in Brick & Clay Record ~ page 941 ~ June 1, 1913

References: Unless otherwise noted, the information on this page is based on an the article: "Dewey Brothers Locomotives" - by Michael J. Dunn III - that appeared in Bulletin #112 published April, 1965 by the Railway & Locomotive Society. We thank David S. Price of Hattiesburg, Mississippi for the contribution of a copy of this article.

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