Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	OR-8
Corporate Name:	Brosser Wood & Co.
Local Name:
Owner Name:	Brosser Wood & Co.
Location:	Near Orange
County:	Orange
Years in Operation:	1 year
Start Year:	1853
End Year:	1853
Decades:	1850-1859
Period of Operation:	1853
Town:	Orange
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Rough pine 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:	3000: 1853
Capacity Comments:	About 3,000 feet daily
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	Upright sash
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	None
Historicial Development:	W. T. Block wrote in Cotton Bales, Keelboats and Sternwheelers: A History of the Sabine River and Trinity River Cotton Trades, 1837-1900 that by 1853 sawmill operations near Orange included those of John Merriman, R. A. Neyland, R. H. Jackson, Brosser Wood and Co., and the Empire Mills. The Brosser Wood & Co. mill probably evolved into the Brazee & Woods mill that was operating at Orange in 1857.
Research Date:	MCJ 03-23-96
Prepared By:	M. Johnson