Aycock and Poole
Aycock and R. H. Poole owned operated a sawmill plant at Frankston. The Aycock and Poole circular sawmill plant at Frankston appears in the Southern Lumberman's 1928 edition of Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills. It could cut 25,000 board feet daily. Poole moved to Avinger in 1926 to take over the E. C. Henderson planing mill there. Aycock and Poole did not survive the Great Depression in Frankston. They were not listed in the Lumbermen's Credit Rating Book, October 1934. According to Frank McKenzie, the Poole sawmill suffered a serious fire.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
AN
Owner Name
Aycock and R. H. Poole. E.C. Henderson Planing Mill
Location
Frankston: 175 and 155
County
Anderson
Years in Operation:
9
Start Year:
1920
End Year:
1928
Decades:
1920-1929
Period of Operation:
1920s
Town:
Frankston
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
3000 in 1928; 1109 in 1934
Mill Pond:
2