| Alpha-Numeric Key: | RU-5 |
| Corporate Name: | Rusk County Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Rusk County Lumber Company |
| Location: | 410 East Depot Street, Henderson |
| County: | Rusk |
| Years in Operation: | 22 years |
| Start Year: | 1915 |
| End Year: | 1936 |
| Decades: | 1910-1919,1920-1929,1930-1939 |
| Period of Operation: | Rusk County Lumber Company operated for more than twenty years in Henderson |
| Town: | Henderson |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Yellow pine lumber with a speciality in yard stock.
 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: 1915 20000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 20,000 daily from 1915 to 1928; planing mill daily capacity of 40,000 feet in 1928. |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Circular sawmill, resaw, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, dry kilns. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | International & Great Northern |
| Historicial Development: | The Rusk County Lumber Company operated a small sawmill and larger planing mill at Henderson for more than two decades. It is not known if the company had a tram road or operated a mill town.
This sawmill was listed in the Directory of American Sawmills in 1915 and in the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills of 1928. It was listed again in the The Lumbermen's Credit Rating Book, October 1934.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 02-12-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |