Alpha-Numeric Key: | HO-148 |
Corporate Name: | W. H. Reynolds and Sons |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | W. H. Reynolds and Sons. W. H. Reynolds with W. H. Reynolds, Jr., W. E. Reynolds, and D. D. Reynolds |
Location: | Ten miles west of Crockett |
County: | Houston |
Years in Operation: | 9 years |
Start Year: | 1930 |
End Year: | 1938 |
Decades: | 1930-1939 |
Period of Operation: | 1930 to 1938 |
Town: | West of Crockett |
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: | 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: | International & Great Northern |
Historicial Development: | W. H. Reynolds and Sons operated a sawmill, according to county records, about ten miles west of Crockett in 1930 “on the Mose Merrit lease.” That year the made a sale of more than a million feet of pine lumber from their yard to Weaver Brothers. The Lumbermen's Credit Rating Book, October 1934 listed this sawmill as operating at Crockett. |
Research Date: | JKG 12-10-93, MCJ 02-21-96 |
Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M . Johnson |