| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HR-12 |
| Corporate Name: | Westfield Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Westfield Lumber Company. B. Boettcher. |
| Location: | Westfield |
| County: | Harris |
| Years in Operation: | 25 years |
| Start Year: | 1905 |
| End Year: | 1929 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1905 to about 1929 |
| Town: | Westfield |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 48 in 1905; 900 in 1928; 500 in 1928 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Shortleaf yellow pine lumber, specializing in timbers
 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: 1906 35000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 15, 000 feet daily; to 35,000 in 1928 on the sawmill and 75,000 feet 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: | 1928: Circular sawmill, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, electric light plant, dry kilns. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | International & Great Northern |
| Historicial Development: | B. Boettcher was reported to have operated a sawmill in Westfield by the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1905. He was not listed in the Southern Industrial and Lumber Review's September 1906 listing of sawmills. However, interestingly enough, a Boettcher organized the Westfield Lumber Company, operating at Westfield until 1929, when it moved the lumber manufacturing operation to Huntsville. The Gulf Coast Lumberman noted in June, 1929, the company had cut out. In 1934, the Boettcher Lumber Company had a retail lumber yard at Westfield. The purchasing department was at Huntsville. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 05-06-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |