| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SM-58 |
| Corporate Name: | O. O. Weaver |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | O. O. Weaver |
| Location: | Winona |
| County: | Smith |
| Years in Operation: | 30 years |
| Start Year: | 1928 |
| End Year: | 1957 |
| Decades: | 1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959 |
| Period of Operation: | 1928 to 1957 |
| Town: | Winona |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 149 in 1906; 1100 in 1928; 500 in 1934 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Red gum, red oak, and shortleaf yellow pine
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
 Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Probably steam
| 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: | 15000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 1928: 10,000 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: | Circular sawmill, edgers |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | St Louis Southwestern |
| Historicial Development: | O. O. Weaver operated a small sawmill at Winona for thirty years and probably more. It appeared in the 1928 edition of the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills, in the the The Lumbermen's Credit Rating Book, October 1934, and in the 1957 edition of Nelson T. Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.
Using circular saws, the mill cut could 10,000 feet daily of some hardwoods and shortleaf pine. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 04-17-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |