Sawmill

 

Curry-Jackson Lumber Company

 

Location: On Jane Brown Road in Anahuac
Chambers County, Texas

  Corporate Name: Curry-Jackson Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner/Company Affiliation: Curry-Jackson Lumber Company
Location: On Jane Brown Road in Anahuac
County: Chambers
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1949
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
Mill Pond: ?
City/Town: Anahuac
Company Town?: ?
Size of Company Town at Peak: Unknown
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historical Development: According to the Anahuac Progress, a dry kiln of the Curry-Jackson Lumber Company in Anahuac was destroyed by fire in January 1949, the damage valued at $6,000. No record exists to indicate the mill was rebuilt. The Curry-Jackson Lumber Company also had a sawmill at Cleveland, in Liberty County, in at least 1947, according to The Gulf Coast Lumberman.
Comments:
Data Sheet: M Johnson
Date Prepared: MCJ 04-02-96
Bibliography: Anahuac Progress. January 27, 1949. The Gulf Coast Lumberman. January 15, 1947. 24.
Alpha: CH
Number: 6
Years of Operation: Start: 1949
Years of Operation: End: 1949
Years of Operation: Number:
Years of Operation: Decades: 1940-1949
Capacity:
Company Owned Tram?: No
Mill Type : na
Power : Unknown
Production : Rough Lumber
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