Alpha-Numeric Key: | UP-125 |
Corporate Name: | Universal Forest Products Inc. |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Universal Forest Products Inc. with Dick Fraiser (vice-president) |
Location: | Grandview |
County: | Upshur |
Years in Operation: | 7 years |
Start Year: | 1990 |
End Year: | 1996 |
Decades: | 1990-1999 |
Period of Operation: | 1990 to 1996 |
Town: | Grandview |
Company Town: | 0 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Spruce dry and green dimensions, select and common boards, dry and green studs, fence materials, ladder stock,
pallets and trusses
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: | 100000: 1993 |
Capacity Comments: | 100000 board feet in 1993 |
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 Universal Forest Products Inc. plant has appeared in trade directories during the 1990s. In 1990, it produced more than twenty-three million board feet. It 1993, the plant operated with sixty employees.
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Research Date: | MCJ 05-03-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |