Alpha-Numeric Key: | SM-59 |
Corporate Name: | Odom Lumber Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Odom Lumber Company |
Location: | Winona: at Jones and the railroad tracks |
County: | Smith |
Years in Operation: | 3 years |
Start Year: | 1928 |
End Year: | 1930 |
Decades: | 1920-1929,1930-1939 |
Period of Operation: | 1928 to 1930 |
Town: | Winona |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 149 in 1906; 1100 in 1928 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Shortleaf yellow pine, and red, post, and white oak.
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: | 20000: 1928 |
Capacity Comments: | 20,000 daily feet in 1928 |
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, edger, rip saw, resaw. |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | St Louis Southwestern |
Historicial Development: | The Odom Lumber Company, according to the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills, published in 1928, had a sawmill at Winona. In 1930, the company was buying pine sawtimber from J. C. Preddy. |
Research Date: | MCJ 04-17-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |