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Enoch Broxson (HO-35)
| sawmill id: | 10773 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-35 |
| corporate name: | Enoch Broxson |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Enoch Broxson |
| location: | Enumeration District 23 |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 2 |
| start year: | 1879 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1880 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1870-1879 1880-1889 |
| period of operation: | 1879 to 1880 |
| town: | Enumeration District 23 |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | Unknown |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Lumber |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| unknown: | |
| other: | |
| power source: | 20-horsepower steam engine |
| horse: | |
| mule: | |
| oxen: | |
| water: | |
| water overshot: | |
| water turbine: | |
| pit: | |
| steam: | Yes |
| steam circular: | |
| steam band: | |
| gas: | |
| diesel: | |
| electric: | |
| other: | |
| unknown: | |
| maximum capacity: | |
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| capacity comments: | 100,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Sawmill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | Unknown |
| historical development: | Enoch Broxson operated a sawmill in Houston County during the enumeration period of the Census of 1880. The mill was capitalized at $1,000. Work required five male employees, two of whom were children under the age of sixteen. Broxson paid his workers seventy-five cents per each ten-hour day, spending $200 total in wages during the four months of mill operations. The power plant consisted of a 20-horsepower steam engine with a boiler. Cutting equipment included a circular saw. From raw materials and mill supplies worth $700, Payne?s mill produced 100,000 feet of lumber for a gross value of $1,200. The mill did no remanufacturing. Broxson did his own logging near the mill. Aldrich noted that Broxson served as the county surveyor in 1892. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
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| bibliography: | Census of 1880. Houston County, Texas. Special Schedules Nos. 5 and 6--Lumber Mills and Sawmills. Microfilm Records, East Texas Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches, Texas. A. A. Aldrich. The History of Houston County, Texas. San Antonio: 1943. 61. W. T. Block. ?Some Early Sawmills, Log Tram Roads, and Logging Camps of Houston County, Texas.? Nederland, Texas: unpublished manuscripts, 1994. |
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