Alpha-Numeric Key: | HD-9 |
Corporate Name: | Brown Hardwood Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Brown Hardwood Company |
Location: | Silsbee |
County: | Hardin |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1928 |
End Year: | 1928 |
Decades: | 1920-1929 |
Period of Operation: | 1928 |
Town: | Silsbee |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 600 in 1928 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Hardwoods and pine 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: | 25000: 1928 |
Capacity Comments: | 25,000 feet daily |
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, edgers, trimmers |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Santa Fe |
Historicial Development: | Brown Hardwood Company had a circular sawmill at Silsbee in 1928. It also had a mill at Carthage in Panola County and one at Kilgore, Gregg County. It earlier had a tie mill at Fletcher, cutting ties for the Kirby Lumber Company. |
Research Date: | JKG 10-13-93, MCJ 03-13-96 |
Prepared By: | J Gerland, M Johnson |