Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: HA-124
Corporate Name: Walter M. Allen Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: Walter M. Allen Lumber Company
Location: 400 W. Emory, Marshall
County: Harrison
Years in Operation: 14 years
Start Year: 1945
End Year: 1958
Decades: 1940-1949,1950-1959
Period of Operation: 1945 to 1958
Town: Marshall
Company Town: 0
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Pine and hardwood lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Unknown
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: The Walter M. Allen Lumber Company at Marshall is listed in the 1957 Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. The Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1956-1958 gives the address as 400 W. Emory in Marshall. The company was established in 1945; it employed less than fifty workers.
Research Date: MCJ 02-05-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson