Alpha-Numeric Key: | JE-24 |
Corporate Name: | Gulf Manufacturing & Lumber |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Gulf Manufacturing & Lumber |
Location: | Beaumont |
County: | Jefferson |
Years in Operation: | 15 years |
Start Year: | 1920 |
End Year: | 1934 |
Decades: | 1920-1929,1930-1939 |
Period of Operation: | 1920s |
Town: | Beaumont |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 65,000 in 1928 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Finished products
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: | Not listed for 1928 |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Planing mill, and lumber yard by 1934. |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | 1928: Texas & New Orleans, Santa Fe, Kansas City Southern, Beaumont, St Louis & Southwestern, Texas & New Orleans |
Historicial Development: | The Gulf Manufacturing & Lumber Company was listed in the 1928 edition of the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills and the Lumbermen's Credit Rating Book, October 1934. In the latter year, it was noted to be a manufacturer of mill work and a marketer of retail lumber yard. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-12-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |