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Moore & Markham |
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Location: On the east side of the Trinity River, one and a half miles east of Wallisville
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| Corporate Name: Moore & Markham Local Name: Owner/Company Affiliation: Charles H. Moore and William Markham. Leroy Jones and W. J. Swilley. A. B. Chamberlain & Co. H. A. Wallis. Location: On the east side of the Trinity River, one and a half miles east of Wallisville County: Chambers Comment on Periods of Operation: 1880s Capacity Comments: 10,000 feet daily Type of Mill: Lumber and shingles. Power Source: Steam Equipment: Circular sawmill Mill Pond: ? City/Town: East of Wallisville Company Town?: ? Size of Company Town at Peak: Unknown Associated Railroads: None Historical Development: H. A. Wallis operated a sawmill and shingle mill about one and a half miles east of Wallisville, on the east of the Trinity River, during the early 1880s. On March 1, 1883, he leased "for shingle and sawmill uses and purposes" to A. B. Chamberlain and Company five acres of land "on the waters of Miller's Lake Pass." An attempt by Chamberlain and Company to sell the mill to Leroy Jones and W. J. Swilley apparently failed that December, for the next month Charles H. Moore and William Markham bought the mill and its equipment for $4,000. The mill may have been dismantled and sent to the Lutcher & Moore operations in Orange County. Comments: Data Sheet: M. Johnson Date Prepared: MCJ 04-02-96 Bibliography: Chamber County Deed Records. Vol C: 705-706. Vol D: 57, 101. Margaret S. Henson and Kevin Ladd. Chambers County: A Pictorial History. Norfolk: 1988. 136. W. O. Work's "Map of the Lost Lake Area." Alpha: CH Number: 14 Years of Operation: Start: 1880 Years of Operation: End: 1889 Years of Operation: Number: Years of Operation: Decades: 1880-1889 Capacity: 10000: 1880 Company Owned Tram?: No Mill Type : Shingle Power : Steam Production : Rough Lumber, Other Commentary: Commentary Date: |
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