Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	SJ-40
Corporate Name:	J. W. Leggett
Local Name:
Owner Name:	J. W. Leggett
Location:	Unknown
County:	San Jacinto
Years in Operation:	1 year
Start Year:	1923
End Year:	1923
Decades:	1920-1929
Period of Operation:	1923
Town:	Unknown
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:	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:	Unknown
Historicial Development:	J. W. Leggett mortgaged sawmill machinery, to include carriage track, two giant dogs for a #3 sawmill, a yoke mandrel and hinges for a swing saw, a friction shaft balance, and a set of parallel bars, on January 1, 1923, to Peden Iron & Steel of Houston. This may have been equipment from an earlier Jessie Leggett mill at Marston, in Polk County.
Research Date:	MCJ 02-23-96
Prepared By:	M. Johnson