Alpha-Numeric Key: | CS-41 |
Corporate Name: | Fill's Sawmill |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Fill's Sawmill |
Location: | Five miles southeast of Atlanta |
County: | Cass |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1910 |
End Year: | 1910 |
Decades: | 1910-1919 |
Period of Operation: | 1910 |
Town: | near Atlanta |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 1764 in 1906; 3400 in 1928; 4342 in 1934 |
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: | 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: | Sawmill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Texas & Pacific |
Historicial Development: | Fill's Sawmill appeared on the March 1910 edition of the United States Geological Survey map as being situated five miles southeast of Atlanta. Atlanta, according to the Handbook of Texas, was established on the Texas & Pacific route about 1872. By 1890 it had a population of 1,794. |
Research Date: | JKG 12-29-93, MCJ 04-03-96 |
Prepared By: | J Gerland, M Johnson |