Alpha-Numeric Key: | GG-18 |
Corporate Name: | Camp Brothers |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Camp Brothers |
Location: | Listed at Longview but probably at Camp Switch, three miles south of Gladewater on Texas & Pacific |
County: | Gregg |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1880 |
End Year: | 1880 |
Decades: | 1880-1889 |
Period of Operation: | 1880 |
Town: | Listed at Longview but probably at Camp Switch |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 2,300 in 1882 at Longview |
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: | 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: | |
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: | International & Great Northern |
Historicial Development: | The Camp Brothers sawmill was listed at Longview in an 1880 Chicago lumberman directory with the county either Gregg, Harrison, or Upshur. The mill was probably located at Camp Switch, about three miles south of Gladewater, in Gregg County. |
Research Date: | MCJ 04-19-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |