Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: CS-137
Corporate Name: The Crocker Gum Mill
Local Name:
Owner Name: The Crocker Gum Mill
Location: Route 1
County: Cass
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1954
End Year: 1954
Decades: 1950-1959
Period of Operation: 1954
Town: Marietta
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Worked with hardwood, pine. Rough lumber and crossties
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Unknown
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
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: The Crocker Gum Mill's photograph of its mill at Marietta in 1954 is located at the Cudlipp Center, Texas Forestry Service, in Lufkin, Texas.
Research Date: MCJ 04-04-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson