Alpha-Numeric Key: | PA-158 |
Corporate Name: | Wade and Miller |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Wade and Miller |
Location: | Southern part of the county |
County: | Panola |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1901 |
End Year: | 1901 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1901 |
Town: | Southern part of the county |
Company Town: | 1 |
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 |
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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: | |
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 |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | None |
Historicial Development: | The Wade Miller sawmill in the southern part of Panola County is mentioned in the Panola County Historical Association's A History of Panola County, 1819 - 1978. It opened “when RR came.” It had forty to fifty tenant houses and employed about one hundred.
Accidents at the Wade and Miller mill were mentioned in The Weekly Sentinel of 21 August 1901. In one a horse became tangled in a guide wire that was pulling down a smokestack. |
Research Date: | MCJ 02-08-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |