Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	MO-47
Corporate Name:	Conroe Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name:	Conroe Lumber Company. Riverside Lumber Company, with O. F. Adams, M. E. Davidson, and Joe McMillan
Location:	Possibly near Conroe
County:	Montgomery
Years in Operation:	1 year
Start Year:	1949
End Year:	1949
Decades:	1940-1949
Period of Operation:	1949
Town:	Possibly near Conroe
Company Town:	1
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Rough and dressed lumber Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	A steam boiler and two steam engines 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:	Corinth sawmill, edger, trimmer, dry kiln, planer
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Unknown
Historicial Development:	Conroe Lumber Company, on March 16, 1949, bought from the First National Bank of Conroe equipment from the defaulted Riverside Lumber Company. Equipment included a boiler, a crank steam engine, a circular Corinth sawmill with two 48-inch circular saws, a dust chain and sawdust conveyor, an edger, a 2-saw trimmer, a steam dry kiln, four trucks, a rough shed, four 4-whell wagons, a water tank, a Fay planer, an office building, four houses, a barn, and horses.
Research Date:	MCJ 03-19-96
Prepared By:	M. Johnson