Research: Tram & Railroad Database

Code:	139
Corporate Name:	Nona Mills Company at Fannett
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Ownership:	Nona Mills Company
Years of Operation:	1906 to 1915
Track Type:	Standard Gauge Wooden Rails
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Locations Served:	Fannett, near Odelia. Four miles. Jefferson.
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Track Information:	Tram Road Logging / Industrial Common Carrier Logging Camp
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History:	The Nona Mills Company bought the Interstate Lumber Company facility at Fannett, near Odelia, in Jefferson County, in 1906. Nona Mills, a Beaumont Lumber Company subdivision, operated the mill until 1915. The Gulf & Interstate Railway Company may have been the former owner of the mill and provided connections from Odelia to Beaumont, over which the milled lumber from Odelia could be shipped. The American Lumberman noted, in 1906, that Nona Mills operated a short tram of four miles over which operated two locomotives.