Alpha-Numeric Key: | JE-62 |
Corporate Name: | Southern Land & Lumber Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Southern Land & Lumber Company |
Location: | Hollywood and 4th Streets |
County: | Jefferson |
Years in Operation: | 4 years |
Start Year: | 1927 |
End Year: | 1930 |
Decades: | 1920-1929,1930-1939 |
Period of Operation: | At least 1927 to 1930s |
Town: | Beaumont |
Company Town: | 1 |
Peak Town Size: | 65,000 in 1928; 57732 in 1934 |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Hardwoods, shortleaf and longleaf yellow pine 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: 1927 |
Capacity Comments: | 50,000 feet daily (1927); 30,000 feet 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 sawmill with planing mill, edgers, trimmers, and dry kilns. |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | 1928: Texas & New Orleans, Santa Fe, Kansas City Southern, Beaumont, St Louis & Southwestern, Texas & New Orleans |
Historicial Development: | This operation employed 100 workers in 1927. It was not listed in the 1934 edition of the Lumbermen's Credit Rating Book, October 1934. |
Research Date: | JKG 8-23-93, MCJ 03-12-96 |
Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |