Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: WK-109
Corporate Name: S. Campbell sawmill
Local Name:
Owner Name: S. Campbell sawmill
Location: Dodge
County: Walker
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1905
End Year: 1905
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1905
Town: Dodge
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: 67 in 1905
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Steam
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: International & Great Northern
Historicial Development: It was listed in a 1905 credit-rating journal. Campbell may have later sold his mill to Aetna Lumber Company at Dodge. The next year he was running a sawmill at Phelps, seven miles north of Dodge. By 1908, he may have been running a mill just north of Huntsville.
Research Date: MCJ 03-31-96
Prepared By: M Johnson