Charles L. Miller
Located, in 1925, between the Alto Home Electric Light & Ice Company and the water tower, the Miller lumber plant included a planer and a lumber yard, which had a siding connecting the facility to the Cotton Belt. Its electric power came from Alto Home Electric in return for blowing its shavings to be used in the boilers of the power plant. Charles Miller organized the Miller Lumber Company later. In 1929, he bought a pair of horizontal boilers from Gulf Public Service Company for $150.
Miller provided a commissary for his employees.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
CK
Owner Name
Charles L. Miller
Location
Alto, located next to the Alto Home Electric Light & Ice Co
County
Cherokee
Years in Operation:
2
Start Year:
1928
End Year:
1929
Decades:
1920-1929
Period of Operation:
1928
Town:
Alto
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
Commissary
Mill Pond:
2