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 |
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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 |
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 |