| Alpha-Numeric Key: | JA-91 |
| Corporate Name: | Texas Tram and Lumber cross-tie sawmill |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Texas Tram and Lumber. Yellow Bluff Tram. Long Manufacturing Company and Beaumont Lumber Company, leased in late 1877 for a number of years. |
| Location: | Kirbyville |
| County: | Jasper |
| Years in Operation: | 7 years |
| Start Year: | 1896 |
| End Year: | 1902 |
| Decades: | 1890-1899,1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1896 to 1902 |
| Town: | Kirbyville |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | 2,000 by 1898 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Logging tram company, which also operated a crosstie sawmill at Kirbyville in Jasper County. Sawtimber and sawlogs.
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Mules, oxen, steam machinery, steam logging tram road
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
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| Maximum Capacity: | |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Gulf, Beaumont, & Kansas City Southern (Santa Fe) tram |
| Historicial Development: | Texas Tram and Lumber Company moved its cross-tie sawmill from Cairo along with its logging camp at Magnolia Springs in 1896 to Kirbyville. The small tie mill produced timbers and ties for the Texas Tram & Lumber Company's steam logging tram road and possibly for John Henry Kirby's Gulf Beaumont & Kansas City tram road beginning in 1893. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 01-08-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |
