Alpha-Numeric Key: | HA-16 |
Corporate Name: | Brown Lumber Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Brown Lumber Company with George Brown and Hugh Williams. Probably the firm of Caddo Lake Shingle Company earlier. |
Location: | Eight miles east of Jefferson |
County: | Harrison |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1904 |
End Year: | 1904 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1904 |
Town: | East of Jefferson |
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 |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Sherman, Shreveport & Southern |
Historicial Development: | The Brown Lumber Company by 1904 used Hugh Williams as President and George W. Brown as Secretary. In that year, the company bought a sawmill plant eight miles east of Jefferson, in Marion County. Property included the ten-acre mill site, the boiler, the steam engine, the sawmill, trams, dwellings, an edger, etc. |
Research Date: | MCJ 02-05-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |