Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

PA-159

Corporate Name:

Walker P. (???)

Local Name:

Owner Name:

Walker P. (???)

Location:

Precinct 1

County:

Panola

Years in Operation:

2 years

Start Year:

1879

End Year:

1880

Decades:

1870-1879,1880-1889

Period of Operation:

1879 to 1880

Town:

Precinct 1

Company Town:

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:

22-horsepower steam engine

Horse	Mule	Oxen	Water
Water Overshot	Water Turbine	Diesel	Unknown
Pit	Steam	Steam Circular	Steam Band
Gas	Electricity	Other

Maximum Capacity:

Capacity Comments:

400,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census

Produced:

Rough Lumber	Planed Lumber	Crossties	Timbers
Lathe	Ceiling	Unknown	Beading
Flooring	Paper	Plywood	Particle Board
Treated	Other

Equipment:

Circular sawmill

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

Unknown

Historicial Development:

The firm of Walker P. (???) [the name is illegible], according to the 1880 Census, owned a steam-powered circular sawmill, valued at $,1000, in Precinct 1. He employed four men at peak production and three men normally, paying them $1.00 daily for ten-hour shifts during the winter and twelve-hour shifts in the summer. The firm paid out a total of $200 in wages for six months of half-time mill production. The sawmill, from a value of $2,200 in supplies and sawlogs, produced 400,000 feet of lumber valued at $4,000.

Research Date:

MCJ 02-08-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson