Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: UP-125
Corporate Name: Universal Forest Products Inc.
Local Name:
Owner Name: Universal Forest Products Inc. with Dick Fraiser (vice-president)
Location: Grandview
County: Upshur
Years in Operation: 7 years
Start Year: 1990
End Year: 1996
Decades: 1990-1999
Period of Operation: 1990 to 1996
Town: Grandview
Company Town: 0
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Spruce dry and green dimensions, select and common boards, dry and green studs, fence materials, ladder stock, pallets and trusses
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: 100000: 1993
Capacity Comments: 100000 board feet in 1993
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: The Universal Forest Products Inc. plant has appeared in trade directories during the 1990s. In 1990, it produced more than twenty-three million board feet. It 1993, the plant operated with sixty employees.
Research Date: MCJ 05-03-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson