| Alpha-Numeric Key: | WD-1 |
| Corporate Name: | A(rch) L. Moore |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | A(rch) L. Moore. Arch Moore. |
| Location: | Hawkins |
| County: | Wood |
| Years in Operation: | 1 year |
| Start Year: | 1928 |
| End Year: | 1928 |
| Decades: | 1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1928 |
| Town: | Hawkins |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 227 in 1905; 1000 in 1928 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Yellow pine and hardwoods
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
 Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam
| 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: | 15000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 15,000 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: | Circular sawmill, planing mill, edgers and trimmers |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas & Pacific |
| Historicial Development: | A. L. Moore was listed as sawing 15,000 feet daily of pine and hardwood lumber in 1928 at Hawkins in the Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills. "This Everlasting Sand Bed": Cultural Resources Investigations at the Texas Big Sandy Project, Wood and Upshur Counties, Texas records an Arch Moore sawmilling in the late 1920s in Wood County. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 04-22-96
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| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |