Alpha-Numeric Key: | SH-272 |
Corporate Name: | W. W. Peyton |
Local Name: | Center |
Owner Name: | W. W. Peyton |
Location: | Two miles east of Center |
County: | Shelby |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1905 |
End Year: | 1905 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1905 |
Town: | Center |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 859 in 1905; 4000 in 1928; 2510 in 1934 |
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: | Projected sawmill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | In 1905, the Houston East & West Texas at Tenaha; later the Gulf Coast & Santa Fe at Center |
Historicial Development: | An unverified newspaper source stated on February 19, 1905, that W. W. Peyton had received new sawmill machinery and intended to construct a new sawmill two miles east of Center in a stand of good timber. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-02-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |