Clevenger Lumber Company tram road
Located at Clevenger, north on the Texas & New Orleans crossing of the Angelina River, Joe P. Clevenger operated a sawmill and a company town named after him of about 200 people. He operated a company tram of one locomotive, fifteen tram cars, and three miles of track. Clevenger entered lumber business about 1898. His original mill was located about two miles west of Nacogdoches about 1899. When he cutout the timber, Clevenger moved in 1901 eight miles east of town, then moved to the final location on the Texas and New Orleans Railway in 1902. The location is now under Lake Rayburn. By 1904, the mill at Clevenger was cutting 50,000 feet daily with the latest of sawmill machinery. Two miles of steel-rail tram road had been laid into the pineries west of the tracks of the Texas and New Orleans. The mill employed sixty men regularly. The company tram`road had three miles of road, one locomotive, and fifteen tram cars.
Keeling lists Clevenger with one geared locomotive at Clevenger.
Code
52
Corporate Name:
Corporate Name:
Folk Name:
Incorporated:
No
Ownership:
Joe P. Clevenger
Years of Operation:
1902 to 1906 or 1907
Track Type:
Track Type:
Track Length:
Three
Locations Served:
Clevenger Nacogdoches
Counties of Operation:
Nacogdoches
Line Connections:
Line Connections:
Track Information:
Track Information:
Equipment:
One geared locomotive, fifteen logging cars, and three miles of tram road
History:
Located at Clevenger, north on the Texas & New Orleans crossing of the Angelina River, Joe P. Clevenger operated a sawmill and a company town named after him of about 200 people. He operated a company tram of one locomotive, fifteen tram cars, and three miles of track. Clevenger entered lumber business about 1898. His original mill was located about two miles west of Nacogdoches about 1899. When he cutout the timber, Clevenger moved in 1901 eight miles east of town, then moved to the final location on the Texas and New Orleans Railway in 1902. The location is now under Lake Rayburn. By 1904, the mill at Clevenger was cutting 50,000 feet daily with the latest of sawmill machinery. Two miles of steel-rail tram road had been laid into the pineries west of the tracks of the Texas and New Orleans. The mill employed sixty men regularly. The company tram`road had three miles of road, one locomotive, and fifteen tram cars.
Keeling lists Clevenger with one geared locomotive at Clevenger.