Alpha-Numeric Key: | RU-68 |
Corporate Name: | William Map |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | William Map |
Location: | In 1870, post office Henderson. |
County: | Rusk |
Years in Operation: | 2 years |
Start Year: | 1869 |
End Year: | 1870 |
Decades: | 1860-1869,1870-1879 |
Period of Operation: | 1869 to 1870 |
Town: | Post office, Henderson |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Cornmeal and lumber
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
|
|
|
|
Power Source: | 20-horsepower steam engine
Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
|
|
Maximum Capacity: | |
Capacity Comments: | 250,000 feet of lumber and 1,000 bushels of cornmeal during the reporting period of the Census |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
| |
|
Equipment: | Sawmill and grist mill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | International & Great Northern at Henderson |
Historicial Development: | William Map was enumerated as having a sawmill and grist mill in Rusk County, in 1870. The mills were worth, respectively, $2,400 and $600. The sawmill, from $1,300 in raw materials, milled 200,000 feet of lumber worth $4,000, and the grist mill, from $750 worth of corn 1,000 bushels of cornmeal, a value of $1,000.. Four men were paid a total wage of $800 for eleven months fulltime work. |
Research Date: | MCJ 02-12-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |