| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SA-202 |
| Corporate Name: | W. W. Wall & Son |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | W. W. “Uncle Bud” Wall land Warren F. Wall |
| Location: | Goodwin sector near Denning |
| County: | San Augustine |
| Years in Operation: | 38 years |
| Start Year: | 1910 |
| End Year: | 1947 |
| Decades: | 1910-1919,1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949 |
| Period of Operation: | Sometime after 1910 to at least 1947 |
| Town: | Goodwin sector near Denning |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber and cotton
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam, water, and gas for sawmill and electricity for the gin
| 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: | 4000: 1920 |
| Capacity Comments: | From 4,000 feet to 10,000 feet daily on sawmill and about 5,000 feet daily on the planing mill |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill, planing mill, cotton gin |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | W. W. Wall, known as “Uncle Bud,” according to The Jacksonville Journal in 1947, established a cotton gin in San Augustine County in 1910. Sometime later, Wall built a sawmill and added a planing mill. By 1947, Wall had taken his son Warren F. Wall as his partner. That year they were sawmilling in the “Goodwin sector”. The sawmill's daily capacity depended upon its product: about 4,000 to 5,000 feet for rough lumber and about 10,000 feet for bridge timbers. The gin operated two seventy-saw stands.
This is probably the unidentified sawmill operation that Maxie Martin, an old-time San Augustine County resident, remembered as being at Goodwin after 1900. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-19-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |