Alpha-Numeric Key: | SH-156 |
Corporate Name: | Jones-O'Shaughnessy Lumber Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Jones-O'Shaughnessy Lumber Company with Roy Jones, John W. O'Shaughnessy |
Location: | Haslam, near the Sabine River |
County: | Shelby |
Years in Operation: | 2 years |
Start Year: | 1934 |
End Year: | 1935 |
Decades: | - |
Period of Operation: | 1934 |
Town: | Haslam |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | 600 in 1928; 527 in 1934 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Pine and hardwood 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: | Southern Pacific |
Historicial Development: | The hardwood mill of Jones and O'Shaughnessy appeared in the October 1934 rating book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association. This may have been the former hardwood mill of Pickering Lumber Company at Haslam. Roy Jones sold the comb hardwood and pine mill to John W. O'Shaughnessy of Beaumont, on July 29, 1935.
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Research Date: | JKG 11-29-93, MCJ 03-01-96 |
Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M Johnson |