Alpha-Numeric Key: | WK-103 |
Corporate Name: | Riverside Mill Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Riverside Mill Company This is the same as the Riverside Milling Company at Phelps in 1906 |
Location: | Riverside |
County: | Walker |
Years in Operation: | 3 years |
Start Year: | 1905 |
End Year: | 1907 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | Mill began operating about 1905 or 1906 |
Town: | Riverside |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 128 in 1905 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Hardwood lumber
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: | International and Great Northern |
Historicial Development: | The Riverside Mill Company appeared in the January 1907 published records of the Lumbermen's Credit Association (LCA) as manufacturers of hardwood lumber. The mill firm was possibly affiliated with the Riverside Lumber Company, which appeared in the LCA's January 1905 published records as wholesalers of hardwood lumber.
The Lumber Mills listing of the 1906 Southern Industrial and Lumber Review issue contains the following: Riverside Milling Company at Phelps, some miles south of Riverside, with a daily cut of 30,000 feet. |
Research Date: | JKG 8-23-93, MCJ 03-31-96 |
Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |