| sawmill id: | 9548 |
| alpha-numeric key: | AN-41 |
| corporate name: | Jowell & Billingsby |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Jowell & Billingsby |
| location: | Frankston |
| county: | Anderson |
| years in operation: | 1 |
| start year: | 1928 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1928 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1920-1929 |
| period of operation: | 1928 |
| town: | Frankston |
| company town: | Yes |
| peak town size: | 3000 in 1928; 1109 in 1934 |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Rough lumber; crossties, timbers |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| unknown: | |
| other: | |
| power source: | Steam |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | Yes |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | |
| maximum capacity: | 10000: 1928 |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | 10,000 feet daily in 1928 |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | Yes |
| timbers: | Yes |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Circular saw mill only, with edgers and trimmers |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | Southern Pacific |
| historical development: | Jowell & Billingsby had a sawmill at Frankston in 1928 that was cutting 10,000 feet daily. |
| research date: | JKG 10-11-93, MCJ 03-06-96 |
| research by: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | The Jowell & Billingsby 10K circular saw mill at Frankston appears in the Southern Lumberman?s 1928 edition of Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills. |
| interpretation by: | |
| interpretation date: | |
| bibliography: | Southern Lumberman. Southern Lumberman?s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills, 5th ed. Nashville: Southern Lumberman, 1928.1011. |
