Alpha-Numeric Key: | WK-102 |
Corporate Name: | R. O. Driscoll, Jr. |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | R. O. Driscoll, Jr. |
Location: | About fifteen miles southwest of Huntsville |
County: | Walker |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1908 |
End Year: | 1908 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1908 |
Town: | Southwest of Huntsville |
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 and planing mill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
Historicial Development: | Walker County records note that R. O. Driscoll, Jr., was sawmilling southwest of Huntsville in 1908, near the current-day Highway 30. Driscoll mortgaged nine oxen, three hundred acres of pine stumpage of the Cornelius G. Hoyt survey, his sawmill and its steam machinery, and a “planer” mill. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-31-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |