Alpha-Numeric Key: | OR-53 |
Corporate Name: | W. D. Street |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | W. D. Street |
Location: | On the Sabine River, based out of Orange |
County: | Orange |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1899 |
End Year: | 1899 |
Decades: | 1890-1899 |
Period of Operation: | 1899 |
Town: | Unknown |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Cypress and pine lumber
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: | Floating sawmill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
Historicial Development: | W. D. Street operated a “floating saw mill” for cutting timber for the construction of his mill located on the Sabine River, according to the American Lumberman, noting that it was harvesting cypress and pine timber. Earlier that year, the AL had reported that floating sawmills were going to be built from yellow pine logged out of Stephenson's Bluff on the Sabine. The barges were going to be made from lumber milled by Brice at the Bluff. |
Research Date: | MCJ 0415-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |