Alpha-Numeric Key: | MA-70 |
Corporate Name: | Thomason & Caldwell |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | W. J. Thomason & W. T. Caldwell lease from W. D. Chew |
Location: | Eighteen acres on Jims Bayou |
County: | Marion |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1909 |
End Year: | 1909 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1909 |
Town: | Northern portion of county |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
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, dry kilns, lumber yard |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Unknown company tram |
Historicial Development: | W. D. Chew owned a sawmill site on Jims Bayou in Marion County. He leased it, with the dry kilns, lumber yard, tram way, and tenant houses, in 1909, to W. J. Thomason and W. T. Caldwell. |
Research Date: | MCJ 05-04-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |