Alpha-Numeric Key: | HD-57 |
Corporate Name: | Nona-Fletcher Lumber Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Nona-Fletcher Lumber Company, reorganized from the Benton Lumber Company. Ben Hooks. |
Location: | Fletcher |
County: | Hardin |
Years in Operation: | 11 years |
Start Year: | 1920 |
End Year: | 1930 |
Decades: | 1920-1929,1930-1939 |
Period of Operation: | About 1920 to 1930 |
Town: | Fletcher |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | 1,500 in 1928 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Longleaf and shortleaf yellow pine
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: | 45000: 1928 |
Capacity Comments: | 45,000 feet daily |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Circular sawmill, planing mill, edgers, trimmers, dry kilns |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Gulf, Coast & Santa Fe |
Historicial Development: | The Nona-Fletcher Lumber Company, previously of Nona, operated a sawmill site and community at Fletcher, Hardin County, in 1928. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-13-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |