Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: OR-15
Corporate Name: Hyatt, Stewart, and Fuller
Local Name:
Owner Name: Hyatt, Stewart, and Fuller
Location: In Orange County
County: Orange
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1876
End Year: 1876
Decades: 1870-1879
Period of Operation: 1876
Town: In Orange County
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Railroad ties and timbers
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Unknown
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 12000: 1876
Capacity Comments: 12,000 feet daily
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Southern Pacific
Historicial Development: The firm of Hyatt, Stewart, and Fuller, reported the Southern Industrial and Lumber Review in 1904, operated a sawmill in Orange County during the mid-1870s that manufactured ties and timbers for the Southern Pacific. When the railroad was finished, the mill closed. The owners probably included W. F. Stewart and F. A. Hyatt, both noted Orange County lumbermen. The Southern Pacific referred to in the article probably was the Louisiana & Western, which extended service from Houston to New Orleans. It later had merged with Southern Pacific by 1887.
Research Date: MCJ 03-24-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson