Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: SA-192
Corporate Name: Woods Mill
Local Name:
Owner Name: Woods Mill
Location: Chinquapin, twelves miles south of San Augustine on Highway 1751
County: San Augustine
Years in Operation: 21 years
Start Year: 1950
End Year: 1970
Decades: 1950-1959,1960-1969,1970-1979
Period of Operation: 1950s through 1970s
Town: South of San Augustine
Company Town: 0
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: Unknown
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: Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: None
Historicial Development: L. Kusenberger, in an oral interview with Vernon L. Beasley, recalled a Woods Mill had been located at Chinquapin, about twelve miles south of San Augustine, from the 1950s through the 1970s. This mill may have had some connection with the Acorn Lumber Company of Chinquapin.
Research Date: MCJ 02-19-96, LT 07-31-93
Prepared By: L Turner, M Johnson