Alpha-Numeric Key: | JE-47 |
Corporate Name: | Neches Lumber Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Neches Lumber Company |
Location: | Beaumont |
County: | Jefferson |
Years in Operation: | 1 year |
Start Year: | 1927 |
End Year: | 1927 |
Decades: | 1920-1929 |
Period of Operation: | 1927 |
Town: | Beaumont |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | 65,000 in 1928 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Hardwood 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: | 60000: 192745000: 1928 |
Capacity Comments: | 60,000 feet daily in 1927 and 45,000 in 1928 |
Produced: |
Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
Treated |
Other |
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Equipment: | Band saw and resaw; planing mill with edgers, trimmers; dry kilns. |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Santa Fe; Beaumont, St Louis, & Western; Texas & New Orleans |
Historicial Development: | Neches Lumber Company was operating a sawmill and planing mill in Beaumont in the latter part of the 1920s. |
Research Date: | JKG 8-23-93, MCJ 03-12-96 |
Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |