| Alpha-Numeric Key: | GR-15 |
| Corporate Name: | Fowler |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Fowler |
| Location: | Enumeration District 59 in Precinct 1 |
| County: | Grimes |
| Years in Operation: | 2 years |
| Start Year: | 1879 |
| End Year: | 1880 |
| Decades: | 1870-1879,1880-1889 |
| Period of Operation: | 1879 to 1880 |
| Town: | Precinct 1 |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 40-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: | 5000: 1880 |
| Capacity Comments: | 900,000 feet produced during the reporting period of the Census (capable of 5,000 board feet per day) |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Circular sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | An individual named Fowler owned and operated a sawmill facility in Precinct 1 of Grimes County from 1879 to 1880. The mill was d a capital value of $3,000 and powered by a steam boiler and engine, generating 40-horsepower. The mill force included ten to twelve men who earned 75 cents for each eight-to-ten hour day they worked. The work force was paid a total of $1800 in wages during the reporting period. The mill, operating at three-quarters time for twelve months, produced nine hundred thousand board feet of lumber from $5,250 worth of raw materials and was valued at $10,000.
This mill conducted its own logging in Grimes County. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 03-04-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |