Alpha-Numeric Key: | JE-57 |
Corporate Name: | Roy Cloud Lumber Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Roy Cloud Lumber Company |
Location: | 11th Street and Hollywood |
County: | Jefferson |
Years in Operation: | 9 years |
Start Year: | 1935 |
End Year: | 1943 |
Decades: | 1930-1939,1940-1949 |
Period of Operation: | 1930s to before the end of Word War Two |
Town: | Beaumont |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | 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: | 50000: 1940 |
Capacity Comments: | 50,000 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 |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
Historicial Development: | The Roy Cloud Lumber Company may have evolved into the Cloud Lumber Company of Rosedale mentioned in a 1957 directory. W. T. Block, of Nederland, believes this sawmill lasted into World II. It was not listed in the Lumbermen's Credit Rating Book, October 1934. |
Research Date: | MCJ 03-12-96 |
Prepared By: | M Johnson |