Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: PK-121
Corporate Name: Tackaberry Sawmill
Local Name:
Owner Name: Tackaberry Sawmill
Location: Baldwin
County: Polk
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1881
End Year: 1881
Decades: 1880-1889
Period of Operation: 1881
Town: Baldwin
Company Town: 1
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Probably ties and bridging timbers
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Unknown
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: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Houston East & West Texas
Historicial Development: According to Ruth Peebles, in A Pictorial History of Polk County, Texas, the Tackaberry Sawmill at Baldwin was operating on the Houston East & West Texas Railroad. Middleton Tackaberry had a sawmill at Lamont about ten years later.
Research Date: MCJ 02-27-96
Prepared By: M Johnson