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Lovelady Lumber & Manufacturing Co. (HO-99)
| sawmill id: | 10837 |
| alpha-numeric key: | HO-99 |
| corporate name: | Lovelady Lumber & Manufacturing Co. |
| local name: | |
| owner affiliation: | Lovelady Lumber & Manufacturing Co., division of Palmetto Lumber Company with A. C. Ford, President |
| location: | Lovelady |
| county: | Houston |
| years in operation: | 3 |
| start year: | 1907 |
| (qual) | * |
| end year: | 1909 |
| (qual) | * |
| decades: | 1900-1909 |
| period of operation: | 1907 to 1909 |
| town: | Lovelady |
| company town: | ? |
| peak town size: | 700 in 1907 |
| mill pond: | ? |
| type of mill: | Finished lumber |
| sawmill: | |
| pine sawmill: | |
| hardwood sawmill: | |
| cypress sawmill: | |
| planer: | |
| planer only: | Yes |
| shingle: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| cotton: | |
| grist: | |
| unknown: | |
| other: | |
| power source: | Steam |
| 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: | |
| planed lumber: | Yes |
| crossties: | |
| timbers: | |
| lathe: | |
| ceiling: | |
| unknown: | |
| beading: | |
| flooring: | |
| paper: | |
| plywood: | |
| particle board: | |
| treated: | |
| other: | |
| equipment: | Planing mill |
| company tram: | No |
| associated railroads: | International & Great Northern (Missouri Pacific) |
| historical development: | Lovelady Lumber & Manufacturing Company was incorporated for $10,000 in the spring of 1906, intending to build a planing mill in either Houston or Lovelady. The Lovelady Lumber and Manufacturing Company was the only Lovelady mill company which appeared in the January 1907 published records of the Lumbermen?s Credit Association. In 1909, the Lovelady Lumber Manufacturing Corporation filed articles for corporate dissolution. |
| research date: | JKG 12-9-93, MCJ 02-20-96 |
| research by: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |
| historical interpretation: | |
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| bibliography: | Reference Book of the Lumbermen?s Credit Association, January 1907. Chicago: Lumbermen?s Credit Association, 1907. 34. Southern Industrial and Lumber Review. January 1907, 1. July 1909, 24. American Lumberman. April 7, 1906. 56. |
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