Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: CH-17
Corporate Name: Sartain - Williams
Local Name:
Owner Name: Sartain - Williams
Location: Anahuac
County: Chambers
Years in Operation: 10 years
Start Year: 1930
End Year: 1939
Decades: 1930-1939
Period of Operation: 1930s
Town: Anahuac
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Steam
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: Sartain-Williams, according to J. S. Harry's county history, kept forty-five men working and a finished stock of lumber worth about $20,000. This may have had some connection with the later J. A. Sartain Lumber Company during the 1950s at Newton.
Research Date: MCJ 04-02-96
Prepared By: M Johnson