Alpha-Numeric Key: | MO-123 |
Corporate Name: | Ives Lumber Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Ives Lumber Company |
Location: | Clinesburg (Fostoria), ca. fifteen miles east of Conroe |
County: | Montgomery |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1904 |
End Year: | 1904 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | No later than 1904 |
Town: | Clinesburg (Fostoria) |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | 1500 in 1904 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | 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: | 50000: 1904 |
Capacity Comments: | 50,000 feet daily |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Planing mill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Santa Fe |
Historicial Development: | The Ives planing mill was operating a Clinesburg, later Fostoria, until 1904. It not listed in the 1905 and 1907 Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association listings. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-20-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |