| Alpha-Numeric Key: | AG-49 |
| Corporate Name: | Charles Blackburn |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Charles Blackburn |
| Location: | Blackburn home place |
| County: | Angelina |
| Years in Operation: | 35 years |
| Start Year: | 1920 |
| End Year: | 1954 |
| Decades: | 1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959 |
| Period of Operation: | About 1920 to 1954 |
| Town: | Blackburn home place |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 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: | |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | Charley Blackburn sawmilled in the county until his death 1954, according to his daughter, Peggy Blackburn Gipson. It was a small operation, employing only two or three men. Charles Blackburn did independent-contract sawmilling for various local companies. A company note of the Angelina Lumber Company, in 1943, mentioned that he produced “good peckerwood lbr.” Mrs. Gipson reported her mother as saying that Blackburn “cut car stakes at his mill for Lufkin Foundry. The stakes were used to anchor the machinery that the foundry shipped on flatbed railroad cars. He also sold lumber to individuals for home use, as well as to the county for bridge building.” |
| Research Date: | MCJ 01-12-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |