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Chester Lumber Company tram road

The Southern Lumberman’s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills, 5th ed., in 1928 noted that the Chester Lumber Company, at Hampton, Tyler County, was cutting 35,000 feet daily of longleaf and shortleaf pine. It also operated a tram road. Keeling noted the Chester Lumber Company tram road at Chester.


Code

261

Corporate Name:

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Incorporated:

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Ownership:

Chester Lumber Company

Years of Operation:

1928

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Locations Served:

Hampton, Chester
Tyler

Counties of Operation:

Tyler

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Equipment:

Unknown

History:

The Southern Lumberman’s Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills, 5th ed., in 1928 noted that the Chester Lumber Company, at Hampton, Tyler County, was cutting 35,000 feet daily of longleaf and shortleaf pine. It also operated a tram road. Keeling noted the Chester Lumber Company tram road at Chester.


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