Alpha-Numeric Key: | HO-141 |
Corporate Name: | Thomason & Willingham |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | A. A. Thomason and C. J. Willingham. Tom D. Cruce. |
Location: | Twenty miles east of Crockett |
County: | Houston |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1924 |
End Year: | 1924 |
Decades: | 1920-1929 |
Period of Operation: | 1924 |
Town: | East of Crockett |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Pine and oak lumber
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | Probably 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 |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
Historicial Development: | Tom D. Cruce owned sawmill plants in Houston County during the 1920s. He sold one to A. A. Thomason and C. J. Willingham, who proceeded to mill pine and oak lumber about twenty miles east of Crockett. In October 1924, they sold thirty thousand feet of oak and pine lumber, which all of the lumber at their yard, to Smith-Murchison Hardware Co of Crockett. |
Research Date: | MCJ 02-21-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |