Alpha-Numeric Key: | SA-43 |
Corporate Name: | Chambers Mill |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Chambers Mill |
Location: | Twelve miles south of San Augustine on Highway 1751 |
County: | San Augustine |
Years in Operation: | 2 years |
Start Year: | 1939 |
End Year: | 1940 |
Decades: | 1930-1939,1940-1949 |
Period of Operation: | 1939 to 1940 |
Town: | South of San Augustine |
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: | 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: | None |
Historicial Development: | Shirley Lewis in an interview with Vernon L. Beasley reported that she remembered that a sawmill known as the Chambers Mill was located in 1939 and 1940 about twelve miles south of San Augustine on Highway 1751. |
Research Date: | MCJ 02-19-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |