Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: HE-22
Corporate Name: T. C. Birdwell
Local Name:
Owner Name: T. C. Birdwell
Location: Chandler
County: Henderson
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1905
End Year: 1905
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1905
Town: Chandler
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: 341 in 1905
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: St. Louis & Southwestern
Historicial Development: The T.C. Birdwell mill at Chandler appeared in the January 1905 Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association. This may be the Chandler sawmill of T. C. Birdwell's father, Samuel Lafayette Birdwell, who, a local Chandler history reports, “ran a sawmill for many years near Chandler.”
Research Date: JKG 10-19-93, MCJ 05-04-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson, J Gerland