Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

AN-73

Corporate Name:

W. E. Moore Lumber Company

Local Name:

Owner Name:

W. E. Moore Lumber Company in 1947. W. E. Moore, Jr. in 1957.

Location:

Frankston: 175 and 155

County:

Anderson

Years in Operation:

21 years

Start Year:

1937

End Year:

1957

Decades:

1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959

Period of Operation:

1937 to 1957

Town:

Frankston

Company Town:

Peak Town Size:

Unknown

Mill Pond:

Type of Mill:

Hardwood and pine rough and dressed lumber

Sawmill	Pine Sawmill	Hardwood Sawmill	Cypress Sawmill
Planer	Planer Only	Shingle	Paper
Plywood	Cotton	Grist	Unknown
Other

Power Source:

Probably steam

Horse	Mule	Oxen	Water
Water Overshot	Water Turbine	Diesel	Unknown
Pit	Steam	Steam Circular	Steam Band
Gas	Electricity	Other

Maximum Capacity:

30000: 1947

Capacity Comments:

30,000 feet daily on the sawmill and 20,000 feet daily on the planing mill

Produced:

Rough Lumber	Planed Lumber	Crossties	Timbers
Lathe	Ceiling	Unknown	Beading
Flooring	Paper	Plywood	Particle Board
Treated	Other

Equipment:

Sawmill and planing mill

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

Unknown

Historicial Development:

The W. E. Moore Lumber Company of Frankston, which had been there since 1937, according to The Jacksonville Journal in 1947, was listed in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas as W. E. Moore, Jr. The Jacksonville newspaper reported that the company, in 1947, was employing between 125 to 150 men and had bought the contract cut of five tractor mills. Company logging was done in Henderson, Anderson, and Cherokee counties. The Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1956-1958 noted the W. E. Moore, Jr., lumber operation at Frankston. Moore employed less than twenty-five workers who manufactured pine and hardwood lumber.

Research Date:

MCJ 03-06-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson