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N. D. Caton Lumber Company
Downey was operating a sawmill and planing mill, with a commissary, at Avinger in 1928. Fred McKenzie's work indicates that the lumber plant was founded some years earlier. McKenzie believed that N. D. Caton bought the company from Downey before 1928.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
CS
Owner Name
D. W. Downey Lumber Company. N. D. Caton Lumber Company.
Location
Mims Chapel area, near Avinger
County
Cass
Years in Operation:
10
Start Year:
1920
End Year:
1929
Decades:
1920-1929
Period of Operation:
1920s
Town:
Mims Chapel
Company Town:
1
Peak Town Size:
519 in 1934;1,600 in 1928; 519 in 1934
Mill Pond:
2
Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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