Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: SH-19
Corporate Name: Buckner & Lynch Lumber Co.
Local Name: Neuville
Owner Name: Buckner & Lynch
Location: Neuville, nine miles south of Center
County: Shelby
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1906
End Year: 1906
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1906
Town: Neuville
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
Power Source: Steam
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 10000: 1906
Capacity Comments: 10,000 feet daily.
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe
Historicial Development: The sawmill firm of Buckner & Lynch Lumber Co. was reported in 1906 to be milling 10,000 feet of lumber daily at Neuville, in Shelby County. The Handbook of Texas noted that Neuville, founded in 1904, was named for a family that had lived in the area since the 1840s.
Research Date: LT 08-17-93, MCJ 02-29-96
Prepared By: L Turner, M .Johnson