| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HR-17 |
| Corporate Name: | Bradford-Hicks Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Bradford-Hicks Lumber Company.
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| Location: | Dyersburg (Dyersdale) |
| County: | Harris |
| Years in Operation: | 1 year |
| Start Year: | 1909 |
| End Year: | 1909 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1909 |
| Town: | Dyersburg |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Rough and dressed lumber
 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: | 35000: 1909 |
| Capacity Comments: | 35,000 feet daily in 1909 |
| 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, dry kilns |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railroad |
| Historicial Development: | The Bradford-Hicks Lumber Company built a plant thirteen miles east of Houston. The new sawmill town was called both Dyersdale and Dyersburg; it was situated on the Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railroad. The company officers were W. R Bradford, president; S. B. Hicks, vice-president; and W. A. Field, secretary, treasurer, and general manager. Field, a long-time lumberman from Leesville, Louisiana, was responsible for constructing the 35,000-feet-capacity plant. The planing mill was purchased from Hall & Brown Machine Company of St. Louis. Other equipment included dry sheds, steam dry kilns, and a three and a half-mile tram road into fifty-five million feet of standing timber that they company owned close to the mill. The firm of Sigler & Snell was contracted to do the logging.
The mill town facilities consisted of twenty brand-new houses, a 30-room hotel, and a commissary.
This plant probably became the property of the Lodwick Lumber Company sometime before 1915. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 05-06-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |