Alpha-Numeric Key: | SH-66 |
Corporate Name: | Fellowship Community sawmill |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Fellowship Community sawmill. Possibly Styles & Sheet. |
Location: | Fellowship Community |
County: | Shelby |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1870 |
End Year: | 1870 |
Decades: | 1870-1879 |
Period of Operation: | 1870s |
Town: | Fellowship Community |
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: | 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: | Sawmill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
Historicial Development: | According to People, Places & Happenings, the site of the first sawmill in Fellowship Community was situated at Fellowship Spring, near the Baptist Church and the C. A. Luggett home. The Pickering tram road ran through the community at one time.
The History of Shelby County noted that during the 1870s at sawmill was operating at Fellowship Community near the spring by Styles & Sheet, just beyond the Methodist Church. |
Research Date: | MCJ 02-29-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |