Alpha-Numeric Key: | CP-31 |
Corporate Name: | S. G. Dean & Co. |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | S. G. Dean & Co. Pittsburg Lumber Company. |
Location: | Cannon Switch, probably with a mile or two north of Pittsburg |
County: | Camp |
Years in Operation: | 2 years |
Start Year: | 1893 |
End Year: | 1894 |
Decades: | 1890-1899 |
Period of Operation: | 1893 to 1894 |
Town: | Probably north of Pittsburg |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | 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 engines and boilers
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 |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) |
Historicial Development: | S. G. Dean & Co may have been sawmilling in Camp County by 1893, for that year it bought timber from Lillie May Shaddix in 1893. J. B. Greer, owner of the Pittsburg Lumber Company, gave a deed of trust to S. G. Dean & Co. on the latter's drug store, a sawmill, commissary, and Dean's home. The total price was $23,3000. The drug store was located on Jefferson Street and the sawmill plant adjacent to the Cotton Belt. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-04-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |