Alpha-Numeric Key: | OR-44 |
Corporate Name: | Russ Daniel Lumber Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Russ Daniel Lumber Company |
Location: | Oilla, north of Orange on the Texas and New Orleans railroad |
County: | Orange |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1915 |
End Year: | 1915 |
Decades: | 1910-1919 |
Period of Operation: | About 1915 |
Town: | Oilla |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | Steam |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Dimensions, timbers, lathes, box shooks, crossties, shingles
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: | 35000: 1915 |
Capacity Comments: | 35,000 feet daily |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Sawmill and shingle mill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Texas and New Orleans |
Historicial Development: | The Russ Daniel Lumber Company operated a sawmill at Oilla about 1915. It employed about thirty-five men and cut about 35,000 feet of lumber daily. It produced dimension, timber, laths, box shooks, crossties, and shingles. |
Research Date: | MCJ 0-24-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |