Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: SA-186
Corporate Name: Tindall Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: Tindall Lumber Company
Location: San Augustine
County: San Augustine
Years in Operation: 41 years
Start Year: 1950
End Year: 1990
Decades: 1950-1959,1960-1969,1970-1979,1980-1989,1990-1999
Period of Operation: 1950s to early 1990s
Town: San Augustine
Company Town: 0
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
Power Source: Unknown
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: None
Historicial Development: L. Kusenberger, in an oral interview with Vernon L. Beasley, recalled a Tindall Lumber Company operation at San Augustine that lasted from the 1950s to the early 1990s.
Research Date: MCJ 02-19-96, LT 07-31-93
Prepared By: L Turner, M Johnson