Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: AG-168
Corporate Name: W. H. Johnson
Local Name:
Owner Name: W. H. Johnson
Location: Durant, between Pollok and Clawson, on the Cotton Belt
County: Angelina
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1915
End Year: 1915
Decades: 1910-1919
Period of Operation: 1915
Town: Durant
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Pine and hardwoods
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Steam
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 8000: 1915
Capacity Comments: 8,000 feet daily
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt)
Historicial Development: The W.H. Johnson mill at Durant appeared in a 1915 directory of sawmills as having a daily cutting capacity of 8,000 feet. The content of the mill's output was around eighty percent board stock and twenty percent ties and timbers.
Research Date: JKG 10-15-93, MCJ 01-17-96
Prepared By: J. Gerland, M. Johnson