Alpha-Numeric Key: | MO-195 |
Corporate Name: | Pace Lumber Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Pace Lumber Company |
Location: | Jackson |
County: | Montgomery |
Years in Operation: | 14 years |
Start Year: | 1915 |
End Year: | 1928 |
Decades: | 1910-1919,1920-1929 |
Period of Operation: | 1915 to 1928 |
Town: | Jackson |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | 350 in 1928 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Hardwoods, yellow pine.
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: | 25000: 1928 |
Capacity Comments: | 25,000 feet daily; 30,000 on the planing mill |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | 1915: at least a sawmill.
1928: circular sawmill, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, commissary |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Trinity & Brazos Valley |
Historicial Development: | The Pace Lumber Company was listed as sawmilling at Jackson in the 1915 Directory of American Sawmills. In 1928, it was again listed in Jackson (Montgomery County) as a circular sawmill cutting 25,000 feet daily of hardwoods and shortleaf yellow pine. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-20-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |