| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-78 |
| Corporate Name: | Blakey & Simpson Mill |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Blakey & Simpson Mill |
| Location: | LaNana Bayou, seven miles southeast of Nacogdoches |
| County: | Nacogdoches |
| Years in Operation: | 1 year |
| Start Year: | 1884 |
| End Year: | 1884 |
| Decades: | 1880-1889 |
| Period of Operation: | 1884 |
| Town: | LaNana Bayou |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Flooring, ceiling, weather-boarding
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Probably steam
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
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| Maximum Capacity: | 10000: 1884 |
| Capacity Comments: | 10,000 to 12,000 feet of lumber daily. |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas |
| Historicial Development: | The Blakey & Simpson sawmill may have been cutting timbers and ties for the tracks and bridging of the Houston East & West Texas as it approached Nacogdoches that year. On October 16 and October 23, 1884, The Nacogdoches News carried an ad for the Blakey & Simpson Mill. Located about seven miles southeast of Nacogdoches, the mill's lumber yard had 50,000 feet of half-seasoned lumber on hand. Flooring, weather-boarding, and ceiling were selling at seventy-five cents per hundred feet or $1.15 per that amount if delivered to Nacogdoches. All orders for lumber more than twenty feet in length would have a ten percent increase added to the price. |
| Research Date: | LAT 08-08-93, JKG 12-15-93, MCJ 02-10-96 |
| Prepared By: | L. Turner, J. Gerland, M. Johnson |