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Terrel Hawn Lumber Company (AN-70)

sawmill id: 9577
alpha-numeric key: AN-70
corporate name: Terrel Hawn Lumber Company
local name:
owner affiliation: Terrel Hawn Lumber Company
location: Frankston: 175 and 155
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: ?
peak town size: 3000 in 1928; 1109 in 1934
mill pond: ?
type of mill: Rough lumber
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: Yes
steam band:
gas:
diesel:
electric:
other:
unknown:
maximum capacity: 25000: 1928
(qual)
capacity comments: 25,000 feet daily in 1928
rough lumber: Yes
planed lumber:
crossties:
timbers:
lathe:
ceiling:
unknown:
beading:
flooring:
paper:
plywood:
particle board:
treated:
other:
equipment: Circular saw mill only, with edgers and trimmers
company tram: ?
associated railroads: Southern Pacific
historical development: The Terrell Hawn Lumber Company?s circular saw mill at Frankston appears in the Southern Lumberman?s 1928 edition of Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills.
research date: JKG 10-11-93, MCJ 03-06-96
research by: J. Gerland, M. Johnson
historical interpretation:
interpretation by:
interpretation date:
bibliography: Southern Lumberman. Southern Lumberman?s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills, 5th ed. Nashville: Southern Lumberman, 1928.


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