Sawmill |
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Branch and Clayton |
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Location:
Precinct 2 or 3, 1880 Census
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| Corporate Name: Branch and Clayton Local Name: Owner/Company Affiliation: Branch and Clayton Location: Precinct 2 or 3, 1880 Census County: Chambers Comment on Periods of Operation: 1879 to 1880 Capacity Comments: Unknown Type of Mill: Lumber Power Source: 10-horsepower steam engine Equipment: Circular sawmill Mill Pond: ? City/Town: Precinct 2 or 3 Company Town?: ? Size of Company Town at Peak: Unknown Associated Railroads: None Historical Development: This 10-horsepower steam sawmill ran 4.5 months during the census year ending May 31, 1880. During that time it employed nine persons (three children under the age of sixteen) and operated on the ten hour day. Wages paid averaged from $1.00 to $2.50 per day, and the mill owners paid $460 in wages during the year. The mill did not do its own logging. Lumber was shipped down Turtle Bayou to Galveston Bay. Branch and Clayton had $1200 invested in the mill. Comments: Data Sheet: J. Gerland, M. Johnson Date Prepared: JKG 9-22-93, MCJ 04-02-96 Bibliography: Census Returns of 1880. Chambers County, Texas. Schedules 5 and 6. Microfilm Records. East Texas Research Center. Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches, Texas. Alpha: CH Number: 2 Years of Operation: Start: 1879 Years of Operation: End: 1880 Years of Operation: Number: Years of Operation: Decades: 1870-1879 Capacity: Company Owned Tram?: No Mill Type : na Power : Steam Production : Rough Lumber Commentary: Commentary Date: |
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