| Alpha-Numeric Key: | AG-21 |
| Corporate Name: | Davisville Lumber Company
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| Local Name: | Davisville |
| Owner Name: | Davisville Lumber Company with John S. Doughtie. W. G. Harrington. |
| Location: | Davisville intersection of Mill Creek an Southern Pacific tracks on FM 2021 |
| County: | Angelina |
| Years in Operation: | 4 years |
| Start Year: | 1906 |
| End Year: | 1909 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1906 to 1909 |
| Town: | Davisville, east of Redland |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 110 in 1910 |
| 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 |
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| Power Source: | Steam
| 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: | 30000 |
| Capacity Comments: | 30,000 feet of lumber daily |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Saw and planing mills |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East and West Texas |
| Historicial Development: | W. G. Harrington of Nacogdoches, according to county records, owned the Davisville Lumber Company of Angelina County in 1906. He was in financial difficulties and had to convey the property to W. G. Ratcliff, Trustee, for Stone Fort National Bank.
In March 1909, John S. Doughtie of the Davisville Lumber Company at Davisville, east of Redland and two miles north of Lukfin, queried the Angelina County Lumber Company if it could “handle” his company for “thirty - ($30,000) thousand dollars.” His properties on 446 acres included wood assets of eight million board feet of standing timber, five hundred thousand feet of stacked logs, and seven hundred thousand feet of lumber. The property had dry kilns and furnaces. He had a commissary with stock and feed, fifty buildings and rent houses, office fixtures and furniture. His sawmill included an elevate, a log pond, a water pond, two large boilers, a shot gun feed, and an automatic gummer. The planing mill had a Hoyt machine, a Berlin machine, a rip saw, a re-saw, and an automatic sharpener.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 12-04-95 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |