Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-18 |
Corporate Name: | Morrison & McClendon |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Morrison, McClendon & Tingle Mill |
Location: | North of Sacul at intersection of 996 and 999 |
County: | Nacogdoches |
Years in Operation: | 5 years |
Start Year: | 1904 |
End Year: | 1908 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1904 to about 1908 |
Town: | Sacul |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Rough and finished 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: | 40000: 1906 |
Capacity Comments: | 40,000 feet of lumber daily |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Circular sawmill and planing mill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Texas & New Orleans (formerly Texas and New Orleans) |
Historicial Development: | The firm of Morrison, McClendon and Tingle had built a mill about two miles north of Sacul after the coming of the Texas and New Orleans to the area. It initially sent its rough lumber to Caruthers Lumber for planing. It moved to the Caro area by 1908, where it had earlier established a planing mill by 1906.
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Research Date: | LAT 08-08-93, JKG 12-15-93, MCJ 02-10-96 |
Prepared By: | L. Turner, J. Gerland, M. Johnson |