| Alpha-Numeric Key: | CH-25 |
| Corporate Name: | Wallisville Mills |
| Local Name: | Wallisville Mills |
| Owner Name: | Wallisville Mills. C. E. Parker & Henry S. Mackin. William Gallon & C. E. Parker. Perkins, Augusta Lemuel, and H. F. Levy. Brooks & Perkins. John Wooten. |
| Location: | One and a half miles above Wallisville and east of the river just below Lake Miller (1885) near Dorr's Island |
| County: | Chambers |
| Years in Operation: | 11 years |
| Start Year: | 1880 |
| End Year: | 1890 |
| Decades: | 1880-1889,1890-1899 |
| Period of Operation: | 1880s |
| Town: | above Wallisville near Dorr's Island |
| 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: | 10000: 1895 |
| Capacity Comments: | About 10,000 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: | A circular sawmill, with a 52-inch saw |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | Brooks and Perkins operated a sawmill on Dorr's Island in 1884, on the west side of the Trinity one and a half miles above Wallisville. In February 1884, Brooks had dropped from the ownership and was replaced by August Lemuel and H. F. Levy of Harris County, who with Perkins, sold the mill that month for $1600 to the Chambers County clerk, John R. Wooten. Wooten sold the mill to William Gallon and C. E. Parker. Henry S. Mackin replaced Gallon; Parker and Mackin continued operations under the new name of the “Wallisville Mills.” How long the sawmill operated and the nature of its cessation are unknown at this time. By 1885 the Wooten mill was located on the east side of the river just below Lake Miller. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 01-02-95 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |