Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: NE-67
Corporate Name: W. T. Lee
Local Name:
Owner Name: W. T. Lee
Location: On Thickety Creek, five miles north of Kirbyville
County: Newton
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1884
End Year: 1884
Decades: 1880-1889
Period of Operation: 1884
Town: North of Kirbyville
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: Railway and express at Bethany Later junction of the Orange & Northwestern and the Jasper & Eastern
Historicial Development: The Lee sawmill on Thickety Creek was listed in an 1884 railroad directory. This may have been a combination mill, sawing lumber, grinding corn, and ginning cotton.
Research Date: MCJ 01-23-96
Prepared By: M Johnson