Alpha-Numeric Key: | TI-2 |
Corporate Name: | Anderson Supply Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Anderson Supply Company with A. C. Anderson |
Location: | Box 611, 1430 North Jefferson at Mount Pleasant |
County: | Titus |
Years in Operation: | 18 years |
Start Year: | 1941 |
End Year: | 1958 |
Decades: | 1940-1949,1950-1959 |
Period of Operation: | 1941 to 1958 |
Town: | Mount Pleasant |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 6,342 in 1950 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Pine lumber and millwork
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: | The Anderson Supply Company at Mount Pleasant appeared in the Nelson T. Samson edition of 1957 of the Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. The Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1956-1958 reported that the company began in 1941. By 1957, A. C. Anderson owned the plant, which employed less than twenty-five workers and produced pine lumber and millwork. |
Research Date: | MCJ 04-20-96
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Prepared By: | M. Johnson |