Alpha-Numeric Key: | JA-21 |
Corporate Name: | Powell Brothers |
Local Name: | Powell Brothers |
Owner Name: | Powell Brothers |
Location: | Applegate: three and one-quarter miles north of Roganville (Rogan) |
County: | Jasper |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1904 |
End Year: | 1904 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | 1904 |
Town: | Applegate |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 300 in 1902; 1000 by 1910. |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | 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: | 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: | 25000: 1904 |
Capacity Comments: | 25,000 feet daily |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Sawmill only |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Gulf Beaumont and Kansas City (later Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe) |
Historicial Development: | Powell Brothers had one sawmill in Rogan and another three and one quarter miles north of Rogan at a place a Santa Fe circular in 1904 identified as Applegate. |
Research Date: | JKG 8-23-93, MCJ 01-07-96 |
Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |