Alpha-Numeric Key: | SJ-6 |
Corporate Name: | Beverly & Shelton |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | F. P. Beverly & J. B. Shelton. F. P. Beverly |
Location: | Westcott or Collwood Switch, about three miles south of Shepherd |
County: | San Jacinto |
Years in Operation: | 2 years |
Start Year: | 1922 |
End Year: | 1923 |
Decades: | 1920-1929 |
Period of Operation: | 1922 to 1923 |
Town: | South of Shepherd |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Gum ties and yellow pine 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: | Beverly owned a sawmill on land of the Uriah Gibson survey at either Westcott or Collwood Switch, about three miles south of Shepherd, according to San Jacinto County chattel documents, in 1922. The following year, Beverly took Shelton as a partner J. B. Shelton. |
Research Date: | MCJ 02-23-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |