Alpha-Numeric Key: | LI-1 |
Corporate Name: | A. M. Connally & Son |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | A. M. Connally & Son |
Location: | Fuqua, about twenty-three miles west of Kountze, near Menard Creek |
County: | Liberty |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1928 |
End Year: | 1928 |
Decades: | 1920-1929 |
Period of Operation: | 1928 |
Town: | Fuqua (Menard) |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | 450 in 1902; 800, 1905; 700 in 1928 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Longleaf and 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: | Unknown
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 and planing mill, edgers, trimmers, dry kilns |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Santa Fe (Montgomery Branch) |
Historicial Development: | A. M. Connally & Son were listed in Southern Lumberman with a sawmill at Fuqua in 1928. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-14-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |