Alpha-Numeric Key: | WK-51 |
Corporate Name: | Hall & Hall |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Hall & HallW. P. Hall and D. F. Hall. May have had connection with the Aetna Lumber Company, with Robert Ha ll, J. L. Hall, and J. W. Hunter, at Riverside. |
Location: | Dodge on the International & Great Northern |
County: | Walker |
Years in Operation: | 3 years |
Start Year: | 1905 |
End Year: | 1907 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1905 to 1907 |
Town: | Dodge |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 67 in 1905 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | 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: | 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: | 50000: 1906 |
Capacity Comments: | 50,000 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: | Sawmill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | International & Great Northern |
Historicial Development: | This plant was listed as Hall & Hall in 1905 in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1905 and was producing 50,000 feet of lumber daily in 1906. By 1907, Hall & Hall was referred to as the Aetna Lumber Company in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907. In December, 1908, W. P. Hall sold his one-half interest in the one-quarter interest “of all cash on hand, sawmill property and all land owned by W. L. Hall, D. F. Hall and Aetna Lumber Co. Sed land lying Walker, San Jac. and Trinity counties.”
Main offices were located at Riverside. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-31-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |