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Palestine Crate & Basket Company (AN-54)
| sawmill id: | 9561 |
| alpha-numeric key: | AN-54 |
| corporate name: | Palestine Crate & Basket Company |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Palestine Crate & Basket Company |
| location: | Palestine |
| county: | Anderson |
| years in operation: | 1 |
| start year: | 1905 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1905 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1900-1909 |
| period of operation: | 1905 |
| town: | Palestine |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | 8,297 in 1906 |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Crates, baskets |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| unknown: | |
| other: | Yes |
| power source: | Unknown |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | Yes |
| maximum capacity: | |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | Unknown |
| rough lumber: | |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | Yes |
| equipment: | Crate factory |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | International & Great Northern |
| historical development: | Palestine Crate & Basket Company was operating a a crate and basket factory in Palestine in 1905 but was not listed in the LCA listing of 1907. |
| research date: | MCJ 03-06-96 |
| research by: | M Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
| interpretation by: | |
| interpretation date: | |
| bibliography: | Reference Book of the Lumbermen?s Credit Association, January 1905. Chicago: Lumbermen?s Credit Association, 1905. |
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