Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: SH-248
Corporate Name: Tom Bobo
Local Name: Tom Bobo
Owner Name: Tom Bobo
Location: Haslam, northwest corner of 2787 and 84
County: Shelby
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1891
End Year: 1891
Decades: 1890-1899
Period of Operation: 1891
Town: Haslam
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: Probably steam
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: The Champion of February 2, 1916, reported that the Pickering Lumber Company at Haslam occupied the same site where Tom Bobo operated a sawmill twenty-five years earlier.
Research Date: MCJ 03-02-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson