Alpha-Numeric Key: | GG-42 |
Corporate Name: | H. H. Lincoln
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Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | H. H. Lincoln |
Location: | About three miles north of Camp Switch |
County: | Gregg |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1890 |
End Year: | 1890 |
Decades: | 1890-1899 |
Period of Operation: | About 1890 |
Town: | About three miles north of Camp Switch |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Finished and rough 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: | |
Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
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, resaw. |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Texas & Pacific |
Historicial Development: | During the later 1880s, J. D. Crutcher accepted a mortgage for H. H. Lincoln on some of Lincoln's equipment that the latter used about his sawmill, about three miles north of Camp Switch on the Texas & Pacific. Lincoln, according to the filed deed of trust, had a sawmill, a planing mill, a resaw, twenty-five oxen, three mules, and log wagons. |
Research Date: | MCJ 04-19-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |