| Alpha-Numeric Key: | WD-17 |
| Corporate Name: | Connor Campbell Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Connor Campbell Lumber Company. B. F. Campbell, proprietor. |
| Location: | Winnsboro |
| County: | Wood |
| Years in Operation: | 50 years |
| Start Year: | 1908 |
| End Year: | 1957 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959 |
| Period of Operation: | 1929 to 1957 |
| Town: | Winnsboro |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 5,000 in 1928; 1905 in 1934 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | 1928: shortleaf yellow pine.
 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: | 30000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 1928: 30,000 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, edgers, trimmers. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Missouri, Kansas, & Texas (later Louisiana and Arkansas) |
| Historicial Development: | The Southern Lumberman in November 1908 noted that Connor Campbell Lumber Company, with J. L. Connor and others, incorporated the Connor Campbell Lumber Company with a stock capital of $10,000. Its first plant may have been at Lasater in Marion County. Connor Campbell Lumber Company began manufacturing lumber at Winnsboro no later than the late 1920s and survived the Great Depression, although the community population fell more than sixty percent in six years. It was still cutting lumber in 1957.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 04-22-96
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| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |