| Alpha-Numeric Key: | WK-111 |
| Corporate Name: | Steely Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Steely Lumber Co., formerly Steely Sawmill. Andrew Arnold Steely. Kelvin Steely, president, 1993. |
| Location: | Southwood Drive, Huntsville |
| County: | Walker |
| Years in Operation: | 35 years |
| Start Year: | 1962 |
| End Year: | 1996 |
| Decades: | 1960-1969,1970-1979,1980-1989,1990-1999 |
| Period of Operation: | 1962 to 1996 |
| Town: | Huntsville |
| Company Town: | 0 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | 1966: rough and dressed lumber. 1987: timbers, rough and dressed pine, shavings, chips. 1993: Loblolly and shortleaf pine products-timbers and select boards.
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
 Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Either steam or petroleum and probably electrical power for the planing mill.
| 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: | 45000: 1993 |
| Capacity Comments: | 45,000 feet daily in 1993 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Single band/carriage headrig, one circular headrig, one cant gang/edger, one board edger, two trimmers, and planing mill. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | This operation was the continuation of the Steely sawmill at Phelps, which had been in operation since 1900, except for 1941 to 1945. Andrew Arnold Steely, the third generation of the Steely family to own and operate the mill, moved it to Southwood Drive in 1962.
In 1966, this outfit employed less than twenty-five workers. Kelvin Steely, the fourth generation of the family, bought the plant in 1983, and it has grown steadily since. By 1993, the company was milling loblolly and shortleaf sawlogs into timber and select boards, fence material, and roof decking. The daily cutting capacity was 45,000 feet, with equipment including a single band/carriage headrig, one circular headrig, one cant gang/edger, one board edger, two trimmers, and a planing mill. By 1994, employing forty-five workers, the plant can produce eighteen million feet annually of 1-inch and 5/4-inch lumber with a debarker, cut-up deck, circular saw, double-cutting carriage, one gang edger, dry kilns, planing mill, and a drop sorter-stacker. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 03-31-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |