Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: OR-32
Corporate Name: Orange Hardwood Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: Orange Hardwood Lumber Company. W. A. Stark and U. S. Lambert.
Location: Orange
County: Orange
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1917
End Year: 1917
Decades: 1910-1919
Period of Operation: 1917
Town: Orange
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Projected hardwood products.
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Steam
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Projected hardwood sawmill.
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: W. A. Stark and associate U. S. Lambert announced the formation of the Orange Hardwood Lumber Company. The firm would mill hardwood lumber at a plant to be built in Orange. The end of WWI probably resulted in the plant never being built.
Research Date: MCJ 03-24-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson