Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

HO-46

Corporate Name:

H. F. Craddock

Local Name:

Owner Name:

H. F. Craddock

Location:

Kennard

County:

Houston

Years in Operation:

1 year

Start Year:

1906

End Year:

1906

Decades:

1900-1909

Period of Operation:

1906

Town:

Kennard

Company Town:

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

Power Source:

Steam

Horse	Mule	Oxen	Water
Water Overshot	Water Turbine	Diesel	Unknown
Pit	Steam	Steam Circular	Steam Band
Gas	Electricity	Other

Maximum Capacity:

15000: 1906

Capacity Comments:

15,000 feet daily

Produced:

Rough Lumber	Planed Lumber	Crossties	Timbers
Lathe	Ceiling	Unknown	Beading
Flooring	Paper	Plywood	Particle Board
Treated	Other

Equipment:

Sawmill

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

Eastern Texas Railway

Historicial Development:

According to the Southern Industrial and Lumber Review, Craddock's sawmill at Kennard in 1906 was cutting 15,000 feet of lumber daily. H. F. Craddock may have been a son or grandson of H. Frank Craddock, whose sawmill is enumerated in the Census of 1860 for Houston County. W. T. Block believes the Moore mill and the Craddock mill at Kennard, since Louisiana & Texas Lumber Company owned the pine stumpage in the vicinity of Kennard and Ratcliff, were hardwood mills.

Research Date:

MCJ 02-20-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson