| Alpha-Numeric Key: | MO-62 |
| Corporate Name: | E. A. Oualline & Bro |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Ellis and John Oualline (sons of Edward and Mary Jo Oualline). Edward N. Oualline. A. Smith & G Smith |
| Location: | Bobbin, west of Montgomery |
| County: | Montgomery |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1903 |
| End Year: | 1907 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | August 4, 1903 to at least 1907 |
| Town: | Bobbin, west of Montgomery |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Boxes
 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: | 8000: 1904 |
| Capacity Comments: | 8,000 feet daily in 1906 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | A mill with two saws powered by an Atlas steam engine (1903). |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | None until the Gulf, Coast, & Santa Fe reached Montgomery from Navasota in 1884. |
| Historicial Development: | The sheriff sold the Smiths' mill to Oualline on August 4, 1903. Among items were the mill, a shed, carriage, head block, belts and tools sold at the sheriff's sale. E. A. Oualline & Brother sold to D. C. Tharp and Banks Griffith of F. A. Talley at Keenan all lumber on hand to be manufactured in the next months. On August 23, 1905, Ellis A. Oualline sold his 1/4 interest in the profits of the family-owned box factory in return for 142 acres owned by his parents, Edward N. and Mary Jo Oualline. Edward N. and Mary Jo Oualline conveyed the 1/4 interest to their son John M. Oualline on the same date. The Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association, January 1907 listed the mill.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 03-19-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |