Alpha-Numeric Key: | MO-138 |
Corporate Name: | J. O. Bennette |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | J. O. H. Bennette |
Location: | Conroe |
County: | Montgomery |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1907 |
End Year: | 1907 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1907 |
Town: | Conroe |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | 1,009 in 1906 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Ties
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | Unknown
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: | Santa Fe, International & Great Northern |
Historicial Development: | After selling his mill at Bennette to Peach River Lumber Company, he had a mill in Conroe in 1907 according to the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907. The following year he would purchase another mill, at McGregor Station, three miles north of Conroe. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-20-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |