Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: MO-210
Corporate Name: R. L. Chandler
Local Name:
Owner Name: R. L. Chandler
Location: Tamina
County: Montgomery
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1914
End Year: 1914
Decades: 1910-1919
Period of Operation: 1914
Town: Tamina
Company Town: 2
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
Power Source: Probably steam
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: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: International & Great Northern
Historicial Development: R. L. Chandler owned a sawmill at Tamina after the turn of the century. He sold, in May, 1914, forty thousand feet of lumber “located at my sawmill near Tamina.”
Research Date: MCJ 03-21-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson