Tram Railroad
From the Dennis Simmons Lumber Company, located just to the east, from 1900-1918, a 22-inch gauge tram railroad ran northwest to present NC 222 and along that route nine miles to Dixie and beyond toward Buckhorn. The tram, fired by lightwood knots, brought virgin timber to the sawmill and local farm families. to and from town for commerce. The lumber company and tram played a vital role in Kenly's early history, as did the 1886 building of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Marker is at the intersection of West 2nd Street (State Highway 222) and S. Darden Street, on the right when traveling north on West 2nd Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
