Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	SA-14
Corporate Name:	A. E. Bates
Local Name:
Owner Name:	A. E. Bates. Harvey Creek Lumber Company. Probably Broaddus Lumber Company before.
Location:	Two and one half miles southwest of Broaddus on State Highway 147
County:	San Augustine/Shelby
Years in Operation:	8 years
Start Year:	1948
End Year:	1955
Decades:	1940-1949,1950-1959
Period of Operation:	1948 to the early 1950s
Town:	Broaddus
Company Town:	1
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Rough and finished lumber Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	Probably steam and electric Horse Mule Oxen Water Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity:
Capacity Comments:	Probably 12,000 feet
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	Sawmill and planing mill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Unknown
Historicial Development:	A. E. Bates bought, in 1948, on the former site of the Harvey Creek Lumber Company, a planer mill and house, various sawmill equipment, trucks, eighty-five thousand feet of rough lumber, an edger, fifteen thousand feet of pine logs, a 1936 Ford Truck, a 1941 Ford Log Truck, a 1945 Ford Lumber Truck, a trailer, a log loader, a shed, and ten tenant houses. This is probably the company that M. Cooper remembered as the Broaddus Lumber Company at Broaddus during the 1940s. The company had a commissary and a few tenant houses.
Research Date:	MCJ 02-19-96
Prepared By:	M. Johnson