Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: AN-52
Corporate Name: Oquinn & Co.
Local Name:
Owner Name: Oquinn & Co.
Location: Unknown
County: Anderson
Years in Operation: 2 years
Start Year: 1869
End Year: 1870
Decades: 1860-1869,1870-1879
Period of Operation: 1869 to 1870
Town: Unknown
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Steam
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Lumber and cornmeal
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: 20-horsepower steam engine
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 
Capacity Comments: 400,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill and grist mills with saw and stones
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: The firm of Oquinn & Co, according to the Census of 1870, this mill had $1,250 in raw materials in lumber and $300 in corn. This mill produced 150,000 feet of lumber worth $4,000 and $350 worth of cornmeal. Capitalized at $2,500 ($500 of it in the grist mill), it operated with a 20horsepower steam engine and one saw. It employed nine men paid a total of $1,200. It produced 400,000 feet of lumber worth $4,000 and $375 in cornmeal.
Research Date: MCJ 03-06-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson