R. C. Avent & Son

Standard gauge, 35-lb rail Headquarters: Moss Point Mill Location: Avent, MS (George County) Mill Capacity: 35,000 ft/day in 1917 Years of Operation: 1905-ca1918 Miles Operated: 14 miles 1917 Locomotives Owned:	Equipment: 10 log cars	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Tony Howe: R. C. Avent, originally from Brewton, Alabama, moved to Moss Point by 1897 and operated a sawmill near there. About 1906, he built a mill just south of Leaf on the MJ&KC Railroad. The town that grew up around the mill became known as Avent. R. C. Avent married into the Turner family of Vinegar Bend Lumber Co. and in 1924 built a new mill north of Vinegar Bend to cut some of the old Vinegar Bend holdings. That mill finally cut out in 1932.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:      Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   4   0-6-4TB   Glover   81411   6-1906   8x14   28       New.   Returned to factory in 1-1908 and rebuilt as c/n 10143.   5   0-6-0   Glover   11164   7-1907   11x16   30       New.   R. M. Garbutt Lumber Co. #2, Register, GA Langford & Ellis Lumber Co., Ridgeland, SC, in 7-1929.   6   0-6-0   Glover   10164   10/1909   10x16           New.

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