Alpha-Numeric Key: | RU-4 |
Corporate Name: | Holt Bros |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Holt Bros with T. J. Holt, J. W. Holt, and S. M. Holt |
Location: | Henderson at North Mill and Wilson Street |
County: | Rusk |
Years in Operation: | 9 years |
Start Year: | 1902 |
End Year: | 1910 |
Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919 |
Period of Operation: | 1902 to about 1910 |
Town: | Henderson |
Company Town: | 2 |
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: | 20000: 1906 |
Capacity Comments: | 20,000 in 1906 |
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: | International & Great Northern |
Historicial Development: | T. J., J. W., and S. M. Holt were brothers who were active in the sawmilling industry of Henderson County. From 1902, they appear regularly in the Henderson County records as buyers of timber lands. Their plant appeared in the Southern Industrial and Lumber Review in September 1906 as producing 20,000 feet daily in 1906. |
Research Date: | MCJ 02-12-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |