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 |
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Power Source: | Steam
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: | 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 |
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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 |