Alpha-Numeric Key: | AN-52 |
Corporate Name: | Oquinn & Co. |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Oquinn & Co. |
Location: | Unknown |
County: | Anderson |
Years in Operation: | 2 years |
Start Year: | 1869 |
End Year: | 1870 |
Decades: | 1860-1869,1870-1879 |
Period of Operation: | 1869 to 1870 |
Town: | Unknown |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Steam |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Lumber and cornmeal
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | 20-horsepower steam engine
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: | 400,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Sawmill and grist mills with saw and stones |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
Historicial Development: | The firm of Oquinn & Co, according to the Census of 1870, this mill had $1,250 in raw materials in lumber and $300 in corn. This mill produced 150,000 feet of lumber worth $4,000 and $350 worth of cornmeal. Capitalized at $2,500 ($500 of it in the grist mill), it operated with a 20horsepower steam engine and one saw. It employed nine men paid a total of $1,200. It produced 400,000 feet of lumber worth $4,000 and $375 in cornmeal. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-06-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |