Alpha-Numeric Key: | JE-5 |
Corporate Name: | Beaumont Lumber Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Beaumont Lumber Company with C. N. McGee, manager in 1956 |
Location: | Beaumont |
County: | Jefferson |
Years in Operation: | 19 years |
Start Year: | 1948 |
End Year: | 1966 |
Decades: | 1940-1949,1950-1959,1960-1969 |
Period of Operation: | 1948 to 1966 |
Town: | Beaumont |
Company Town: | 0 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Pine and hardwood lumber
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | Unknown
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: | The Beaumont Lumber Company was a small operation at Beaumont from the 1940s to the 1960s, producing pine and hardwood lumber. In 1966, it was operating with less than twenty-five workers. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-12-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |