Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: PK-127
Corporate Name: W. C. Hanna
Local Name: Seven Oaks Mill
Owner Name: W. C. Hanna
Location: Seven Oaks, fifteen miles south of Corrigan
County: Polk
Years in Operation: 2 years
Start Year: 1905
End Year: 1906
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1905 and 1906
Town: Seven Oaks
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
Power Source: Steam
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 15000: 1906
Capacity Comments: 15,000 feet daily
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Houston East & West Texas
Historicial Development: Although the Beaumont Enterprise, June 11, 1905, reported that Hanna “has about used up all his timber” and would be moving his mill to Tyler County, the Beaumont Journal, a week later noted that Hanna of Seven Oaks had a new mill there in 1905. The latter report was con- firmed by a Southern Industrial and Lumber Review sawmill listing in 1906.
Research Date: MCJ 02-27-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson