Alpha-Numeric Key: | AN-66 |
Corporate Name: | T. J. Posey |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | T. J. Posey |
Location: | Neches, four miles from the Neches River and eleven miles northwest of Palestine |
County: | Anderson |
Years in Operation: | 3 years |
Start Year: | 1905 |
End Year: | 1907 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1905 to 1907 |
Town: | Neches |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 261 in 1905. 660 in 1946. |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Boxes
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: | |
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: | Box factory |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | International & Great Northern in 1872 |
Historicial Development: | The T. J. Posey box factory at Neches appeared in a 1905 and 1907 reference books of the Lumbermen's Credit Association. Webb noted that the International & Great Northern created a stop in Anderson County about four miles from the Neches River. The stop was named after the river. |
Research Date: | JKG 10-15-93, MCJ 03-06-96 |
Prepared By: | J. Gerland , M Johnson |