Sawmill
 

William Icet,  W. S. Icet,  H. C. Icet

 

Location: Cove, Near Old River, West of Wallisville
Chambers County, Texas

  Corporate Name: William Icet
Local Name:
Owner/Company Affiliation: William Icet, W. S. Icet, H. C. Icet
Location: Cove, near Old River, west of Wallisville
County: Chambers
Comment on Periods of Operation: 1893 to 1898, 1902 to 1915
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Type of Mill: Lumber
Power Source: Unknown
Equipment: Sawmill
Mill Pond: ?
City/Town: Cove
Company Town?: ?
Size of Company Town at Peak: Unknown
Associated Railroads: None
Historical Development: The area of Cove, in the Old River area, west of the Trinity River, has been largely devoted to flood-plain rice farming. Apparently, though, lumber existed in this area a hundred years ago and more. William Icet and his sons, W. S. and H. C., ran a sawmill from 1893 to 1898, then after the Galveston hurricane, the mill reopened in 1902 and ran until 1915. The reason for its closing was probably the results of the great hurricane of 1915, which damaged or destroyed more than thirty sawmills in Texas and Louisiana.
Comments:
Data Sheet: M Johnson
Date Prepared: MCJ 6-23-94
Bibliography: J. S. Harry. A History of Chambers County, Texas. Dallas: 1981. 141. Chambers County Deed Records. Vol G: 429. Vol K: 470. Vol L: 795. The Gulf Coast Lumberman. September 1, 1915.
Alpha: CH
Number: 27
Years of Operation: Start: 1893
Years of Operation: End: 1915
Years of Operation: Number:
Years of Operation: Decades: 1890-1899
Capacity:
Company Owned Tram?: No
Mill Type : na
Power : na
Production : Rough Lumber
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