Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: SH-170
Corporate Name: McCauley Brothers
Local Name:
Owner Name: McCauley Brothers with O. F. McCauley
Location: Unknown
County: Shelby
Years in Operation: 2 years
Start Year: 1906
End Year: 1907
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1906 to 1907
Town: Unknown
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Rough and finished 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: 
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill and planing machine with blowers, piping, a hand grinder, three sets of cutting heads, a 30-inch 2-saw edger, a Curtis #2 swing saw, and a Curtis 20-inch cross-cut saw.
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: McCauley Brothers (O. F. McCauley) is not to be confused with O. M. McCauley & Sons. Their equipment included a planing machine with blowers, piping, a hand grinder, three sets of cutting heads, a 30-inch 2-saw edger, a Curtis #2 swing saw, and a Curtis 20-inch cross-cut saw. The company also did some of its own logging with a Studebaker log wagon and a yoke of eight oxen.
Research Date: MCJ 03-01-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson