| Alpha-Numeric Key: | RU-2 |
| Corporate Name: | Dealy Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Dealy Lumber Company |
| Location: | Flanagan: intersection of Highways 2210 and 2294 |
| County: | Rusk |
| Years in Operation: | 4 years |
| Start Year: | 1900 |
| End Year: | 1903 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1900 to 1903 |
| Town: | Flanagan |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 69 in 1905 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Finished lumber
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
 Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 40-horsepower steam engine
| 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: | 40000: 1902 |
| Capacity Comments: | 40,000 feet daily |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Planing mill with a planer, ripsaw, ten lumber buggies, etc. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Two-mile company tram linking the Trinity and Sabine Valley Railroad (later the Texas and Gulf) to the mill at Hendrick's Lake |
| Historicial Development: | After buying land near Hendrick's Lake for a sawmill, Charles Dealy of Dallas, Texas, president of Dealy Lumber Company, bought in 1900 land adjacent to the Trinity and Sabine Valley Railroad and on the Flanagan property. Here he built a very large planing mill to finish the lumber milled by the sawmill at the Lake. A two-mile tram road connected the mill at Hendrick's Lake to Flanagan. The American Lumberman noted in June of 1900 that the Dealy Lumber Company had built a sawmill (40,000-ft daily) at Hendrick's Lake and a planing mill (Hall & Brown equipment) at nearby Flanagan City. The lake opened from Sabine River, providing an opportunity for log booming down the river and into the lake to the mill. The lake would be used for pond purposes, able to hold 3,000,000 feet of timber. The company would specialize in “Panola county boxing,” clear finish, and heart stock.
The planer shed and buildings housed a 40-horsepower steam engine and boiler as well as a company residence (probably for Dealy or the mill manager), a commissary and tenant houses.
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| Research Date: | JKG 11-8-93, MCJ 04-15-96 |
| Prepared By: | J Gerland, M Johnson |