Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: CK-346
Corporate Name: Shamburger & Son, Quinn, & Kuteman
Local Name:
Owner Name: F. A. Shamburger & Son, Jas. Quinn, R. B. Kuteman
Location: Unknown
County: Cherokee
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1901
End Year: 1901
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1901
Town: Unknown
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Rough and finished lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Two steam engines, two boilers
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill, two 8-inch Fay planer matchers, a 14” Triumph planer matcher, a resaw, double 60 Buffalo fan, a saw frame and carriage, three head blocks, a 3-saw edger, a 4-saw edger
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: F. A. Shamburger & Son, Jas. Quinn, R. B. Kuteman, with Kuteman putting up $3,000, organized a sawmilling company in Cherokee County in 1901. Equipment included the sawmill, a 12-inch by 15-inch engine, a 48-inch by 26-foot boiler, a 48-inch by 22-foot boiler, a 14-inch by 20-inch steam engine, two 8-inch Fay planer matchers, a 14” Triumph planer matcher, a resaw, double 60 Buffalo fan, a saw frame and carriage, three head blocks, a 3-saw edger, a 4-saw edger, thirty-two oxen, four mules, six log wagons, one horse, and 265,000 feet of pine lumber.
Research Date: MCJ 01-31-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson