G. T. Merrill
The W. S. Robinson saw-, planing, and shingle mills were listed in a railroad directory in 1884 at Longview. Robinson had two mills, according to Harrison County records. This mill seemed to a planing mill only. On October 2, Robinson sold this mill to G. T. Merrill. Property included the planing mill equipment (Keystone surfacer and matcher, two resaws, a boiler, and an engine), located on the tracks of the Texas & Pacific. Merrill also bought Robinson's sawmill site eleven miles from Longview, in Gregg County (see entry).
A map of 1885 shows the planing mill to be located just west of that of Crutcher & Harrison on the the tracks of the Texas & Pacific, about a mile east of Longview. Steam-powered equipment included two planers, resaw, picket header, swing saw, and whip saw.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
GG
Owner Name
W. S. Robinson. G. T. Merrill.
Location
Planing mill located just west of Crutcher & Harrison on tracks of Texas & Pacific in Longview
County
Gregg
Years in Operation:
2
Start Year:
1884
End Year:
1885
Decades:
1880-1889
Period of Operation:
1884 to 1885
Town:
Longview
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
2,300 in 1882
Mill Pond:
2