Alpha-Numeric Key: | UP-6 |
Corporate Name: | Arch Moore |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Arch Moore. Joseph William Ogburn Lumber Co |
Location: | Near Shady Grove |
County: | Upshur |
Years in Operation: | 11 years |
Start Year: | 1915 |
End Year: | 1925 |
Decades: | 1910-1919,1920-1929 |
Period of Operation: | About 1915 to the late 1920s |
Town: | Near Shady Grove |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
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: | 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: | |
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: | Missouri, Kansas & Texas |
Historicial Development: | Joseph William Ogburn Lumber Co had a sawmill south of Winnsboro, according to "This Everlasting Sand Bed": Cultural Resources Investigations at the Texas Big Sandy Project, Wood and Upshur Counties, Texas. It operated from about 1915 to the later 1920s. Arch Moore bought the mill and moved it to the south of Hawkins. |
Research Date: | MCJ 05-03-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |