Alpha-Numeric Key: | PK-65 |
Corporate Name: | Jim Fowler |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Jim Fowler |
Location: | Bluewater |
County: | Polk |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1900 |
End Year: | 1900 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | About 1900 |
Town: | Bluewater |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Lumber, cornmeal, cotton
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | Unknown
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, cotton gin, grist mill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas |
Historicial Development: | Jim Fowler operated a sawmill, cotton gin, and grist mill, at Bluewater, in Polk County, sometime around the turn of the century according to Ruth Peebles, in A Pictorial History of Polk County, Texas. |
Research Date: | MCJ 02-27-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |