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G. A. Delaney (HO-38)
| sawmill id: | 10776 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-38 |
| corporate name: | G. A. Delaney |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | G. A. Delaney. J. M. Jordan. William Branch Worthington and Jim Speer. |
| location: | Probably near Nevil?s Prairie |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 4 |
| start year: | 1897 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1900 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1890-1899 1900-1909 |
| period of operation: | 1897 to 1900 |
| town: | Probably near Nevil?s Prairie |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | Unknown |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Lumber and cornmeal |
| sawmill: | Yes |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | Yes |
| unknown: | |
| other: | |
| power source: | 40-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: | Unknown |
| rough lumber: | Yes |
| planed lumber: | |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | Yes |
| equipment: | Sawmill and grist mill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | International & Great Northern |
| historical development: | J. M. Jordan was a Houston County sawmiller around 1900 and later. He had a sawmill at Lovelady in 1906 and possibly one a year earlier at Creek. In February, 1900, he sold a second-hand sawmill outfit to G. A. Delaney, consisting of a steam engine, a boiler, circular saws, belting, all of which had been bought from W. B. Worthington in 1897; also a grist mill, a blacksmith shop, a blower a sawdust elevator, three log wagons, and livestock. Aldrich recorded that Worthington had moved to Nevil?s Prairie during the 1870s. There he farmed, and later operated a sawmill and grist mill with Jim Speer. |
| research date: | MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | M. Johnson |
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| bibliography: | ?Lumber Mills of Texas.? Southern Industrial and Lumber Review. September 6, 1906. 27-29. Reference Book of the Lumbermen?s Credit Association, January 1905. Chicago: Lumbermen?s Credit Association, 1905. 13. Houston County Bill of Sale Records. Vol E: February 1, 1900, 32. A. A. Aldrich. The History of Houston County, Texas. San Antonio: 1943. 202. |
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