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.
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97
Corporate Name:
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Incorporated:
No
Ownership:
Williams-Hicks Lumber Company. Lone Star Lumber Company. Grogan-Cochran Lumber Company
Years of Operation:
1900 to 1940
Track Type:
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Track Length:
Several miles
Locations Served:
Magnolia and Tamina
(Montgomery)
Counties of Operation:
Montgomery, Waller.
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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.