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Grogan-Cochran Lumber Company

The Company logged in Waller County and used a company tram operation to get the logs to the mill: three locomotives, a steam �jenny,� a small engine, and twelve to fifteen flat cars. The company was subseqently sold to the Lone Star Lumber Company in 1925 (J. T. Wurtzbaugh, president) and Grogan-Cochran Lumber Company in 1928.

Keeling noted that Grogan-Cochran Lumber Company at Tamina and Magnolia had a tram road.



Code

97

Corporate Name:

Corporate Name:

Folk Name:

Incorporated:

No

Ownership:

Williams-Hicks Lumber Company. Lone Star Lumber Company. Grogan-Cochran Lumber Company

Years of Operation:

1900 to 1940

Track Type:

Track Type:

Track Length:

Several miles

Locations Served:

Magnolia and Tamina
(Montgomery)

Counties of Operation:

Montgomery, Waller.

Line Connections:

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Track Information:

Track Information:

Equipment:

1920s: three locomotives, a steam �jenny,� a small engine, and twelve to fifteen flat cars.

History:

The Company logged in Waller County and used a company tram operation to get the logs to the mill: three locomotives, a steam �jenny,� a small engine, and twelve to fifteen flat cars. The company was subseqently sold to the Lone Star Lumber Company in 1925 (J. T. Wurtzbaugh, president) and Grogan-Cochran Lumber Company in 1928.

Keeling noted that Grogan-Cochran Lumber Company at Tamina and Magnolia had a tram road.



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