Alpha-Numeric Key: | WK-117 |
Corporate Name: | Unknown |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Unknown |
Location: | Rome, between Huntsville and and Riverside |
County: | Walker |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1900 |
End Year: | 1900 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | After 1900 |
Town: | Rome |
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: | 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 & Great Northern |
Historicial Development: | Guy Chandler, of Huntsville, reported to W. T. Block, of Nederland, that an unknown mill burned down at Rome, in Walker County. The date is unknown. J. C. Tabor, who worked at the above mill, later served as the sawmill's bookkeeper and postmaster at Oakhurst. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-31-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |