Alpha-Numeric Key: | SH-157 |
Corporate Name: | Jordan-Sanders |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | T. T. Sanders and J. H. Jordan of Jordan-Sanders Lumber Company. W. D. Morgan, Morgan Lumber Company at Center. |
Location: | Clark's Switch, five or six miles south of Center |
County: | Shelby |
Years in Operation: | 2 years |
Start Year: | 1908 |
End Year: | 1909 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1908 to 1909 |
Town: | Clark's Switch |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Finished 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: | |
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: | Planing mill and possibly a sawmill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Gulf, Beaumont & Santa Fe |
Historicial Development: | The Southern Industrial and Lumber Review reported in February 1909 that Jordan-Saunders purchased a planing mill that Morgan Lumber Company had at Clark's Switch and bought the Morgan sawmill output. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-01-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |