| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SB-90 |
| Corporate Name: | T. B. Allen & Co. Stave Mill |
| Local Name: | Brookeland |
| Owner Name: | T. B. Allen, possibly of Memphis, Tennessee |
| Location: | Memphis, one-half mile northeast of Brookeland |
| County: | Sabine |
| Years in Operation: | 6 years |
| Start Year: | 1903 |
| End Year: | 1908 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1903 to 1908 |
| Town: | Memphis, near Brookeland |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Fourteen tenant houses and a commissary |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Rough and finished hardwood staves and shingles
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 40-horsepower steam engine
| 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: | 35000: 1905 |
| Capacity Comments: | 35,000 to 40,000 feet of lumber daily; planer cut of 20,000 feet daily |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | One circular sawmill and a planing mill with a planer, matcher, sizer, edger, and a resaw |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Gulf Coast & Santa Fe |
| Historicial Development: | T. B. Allen built a sawmill in Brookeland by 1904. In 1905, the company installed a set of “Arkansas” dry kilns. After cutting out, the mill was dismantled and moved to Allen, near Milvid, in 1908. At the height of operations, the mill employed seventy-five men with a payroll of $3,500 per month. In 1904, the mill cut two million board feet. Logging was done nearby with oxen and wagons; additionally, local farmers brought in logs to sell.
The company maintained fourteen rent houses, a commissary, and stock and feed.
Luther B. Campbell, one of the workers, was a popular man: a preacher, a cartoonist, and a decent clerk. Other employees were Nooner Collins, the General Superintendent; J. N. Yates, the bookkeeper, S. C. Stapleton and C W G Poore, timekeepers; Firchard Wilkinson, sawyer; W. D. Rogers, filer; Stapleton, yard foreman; J. W. Shelton, planer foreman; L. N. Letrey, planer engineer; W. J. Grisham, woods foreman; Lee McClusky, mill engineer; M. D. Sparks, team foreman; I. R. Loxye, night watchman.
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| Research Date: | LT 08-17-93, JKG 10-19-93, MCJ 02-13-96 |
| Prepared By: | L Turner, J. Gerland, M. Johnson |