Alpha-Numeric Key: | PA-130 |
Corporate Name: | Ross Brothers |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Ross Brothers |
Location: | Carthage |
County: | Panola |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1905 |
End Year: | 1905 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1905 |
Town: | Carthage |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 956 in 1905 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Rough lumber
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | Probably 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: | |
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: | Sawmill only |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Texas, Sabine Valley & Northwestern, became Texas & Gulf in 1905 |
Historicial Development: | Ross Brothers may have had some connection with E. P. Ross of Carthage who ran a mill there the same year. The Ross Brothers sawmill at Carthage appeared in the January 1905 Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association. It is not listed in the 1907 edition. |
Research Date: | JKG 12-10-93, MCJ 02-08-96 |
Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M Johnson |