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F. A. Beckham (HO-36)
| sawmill id: | 10774 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-36 |
| corporate name: | F. A. Beckham |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | F. A. Beckham |
| 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: | 25-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: | |
| (qual) | |
| capacity comments: | 50,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the 1880 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: | International & Great Northern at Crockett |
| historical development: | F. A. Beckham operated a sawmill in Houston County during the enumeration period of the Census of 1880. The mill was capitalized at $3,200. Work required four male employees, one of whom were children under the age of sixteen. Beckham paid his workers seventy-five cents per each eight-hour day in the winter and ten-hour day in the summer, spending $100 total in wages during the two months of mill operations. The power plant consisted of a twenty-five horsepower steam engine with a boiler. Cutting equipment included a circular saw. From raw materials and mill supplies worth $350, Beckham?s mill produced 50,000 feet of lumber for a gross value of $600. The mill did no remanufacturing. Beckham did his own logging near the mill. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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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. |
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