Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	PA-42
Corporate Name:	E. L. Etheridge
Local Name:
Owner Name:	E. L. Etheridge
Location:	Unknown
County:	Panola
Years in Operation:	1 year
Start Year:	1906
End Year:	1906
Decades:	1900-1909
Period of Operation:	1906
Town:	Unknown
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:	20-horsepower steam engine mounted on a wheeled Cornish boiler 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:	No. 3 sawmill, a 40-inch solid-tooth saw, a 56-inch solid-tooth saw
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Texas, Sabine Valley & Northwestern, became Texas & Gulf in 1905.
Historicial Development:	E. L. Etheridge ordered, in 1906, sawmill machinery from A. B. Farquahar Co, Ltd, of York, Pennsylvania, for $1057.70. The equipment included a No. 3 sawmill, a 40-inch solid-tooth saw, a 56-inch solid-tooth saw, an Ajax steam engine mounted on a wheeled Cornish boiler, a 20-foot saw carriage, blocks, a friction feed, chains, two lumber trucks, a crowbar, a log turner, and various other items.
Research Date:	MCJ 02-08-96
Prepared By:	M Johnson