| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SM-48 |
| Corporate Name: | John J. Flinn |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | John J. Flinn |
| Location: | 1869 to 1870: Canton beat. 1880: Subdivision 96. |
| County: | Smith |
| Years in Operation: | 12 years |
| Start Year: | 1869 |
| End Year: | 1880 |
| Decades: | 1860-1869,1870-1879,1880-1889 |
| Period of Operation: | 1869 to 1880 |
| Town: | Smith County |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown. |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Oak lumber in 1870
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 1870: 25-horsepower steam engine 1880: 36-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: | |
| Capacity Comments: | 1870: 100,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the census of 1870. 1880: 500,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the census of 1880. |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Circular sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | The John Flinn sawmill (worth a capital investment of $2,000) as recorded in the 1870 Census employed three men for four months at a total wage of $500. With raw materials including $1,000 in oak logs, the saw mill produced 100,000 feet of oak lumber worth $2,000.
The John J. Flinn firm was again listed in the 1880 Census, this time in Subdivision 96. The mill, now d a capital value of $1,800, employed eight men at peak production and six men and one child normally. Workers were paid $.75 to $1.50 for eight-hour shifts, winter and summer. Flinn paid a total wage of $800. During six months of fulltime production, from a value of $2,800 worth of supplies and sawlogs, the sawmill milled five hundred thousand feet of lumber worth $5,000.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 04-16-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |