Alpha-Numeric Key: | SB-77 |
Corporate Name: | Monroe Carroll |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Monroe Carroll |
Location: | Highway 1 at Bronson, and Hemphill on Highway 87 |
County: | Sabine |
Years in Operation: | 11 years |
Start Year: | 1960 |
End Year: | 1970 |
Decades: | 1960-1969,1970-1979 |
Period of Operation: | 1960s and 1970s |
Town: | Bronson and Hemphill |
Company Town: | 0 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Lumber and ties
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: | Portable sawmill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
Historicial Development: | An oral interview with Drayton Speights, long-time resident and lumberman of Sabine County, revealed that the Monroe Carroll portable sawmill operated in Sabine County during the 1960s and 1970s. It cut crossties. It was located both at Bronson and Hemphill. |
Research Date: | MCJ 02-13-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |