Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: UP-115
Corporate Name: Spencer Brothers Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name: Spencer Brothers Lumber Company
Location: Gilmer
County: Upshur
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1957
End Year: 1957
Decades: 1950-1959
Period of Operation: 1957
Town: Gilmer
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Pine lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Steam or electricity
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: Nelson T. Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas in 1957 listed the Spencer Brothers Lumber Company sawmill operation at Gilmer. This may be a later development of a Spencer operation ten miles northwest of Gilmer at Soule's Chapel.
Research Date: MCJ 05-03-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson