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Yosemite Lumber Company

Defunct logging company in Yosemite National Park, California, US

The Yosemite Lumber Company was an early 20th century Sugar Pine and White Pine logging operation in the Sierra Nevada. The company built the steepest logging incline ever, a 3,100 feet (940 m) route that tied the high-country timber tracts in Yosemite National Park to the low-lying Yosemite Valley Railroad running alongside the Merced River.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Yosemite Lumber Company Mill Log Pond
Photo: Yosemite Lumber Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Yosemite Lumber Company was an early 20th century Sugar Pine and White Pine logging operation in the Sierra Nevada. The company built the steepest logging incline ever, a 3,100 feet (940 m) route that tied the high-country timber tracts in Yosemite National Park to the low-lying Yosemite Valley Railroad running alongside the Merced River.2

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