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Standard gauge, 40-lb rail
Headquarters: Laurel, MS
Mill Locations: Garner, MS (Greene County)
Avera, MS (Greene County)
Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1920-1925
Miles Operated: 7 miles in 1924
Locomotives Owned:
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Equipment:
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
The
Green Lumber Company was incorporated at Laurel, Jones County, on May
10, 1920, by W. B. Rogers, of Laurel; I. R. Anderson, of Ellisville, and C.
S. Street, of Laurel, with authorized capital stock of $200,000. In May 1920
the company purchased its first sawmill, the plant and timber holdings of
the Mobile & Gulfport Lumber Company, at Garner, Greene County,
on the Gulf, Mobile & Northern Blodgett branch. I. R. Anderson was
manager of the mill.
About
February 1924 the mill cut out. On October 14, 1924, the sawmill, dry kilns,
planing mill, rough and dressed sheds and yard stock were destroyed by fire.
The
Green Lumber Company, of Laurel, MS, purchased the sawmill plant and
timber holdings of the J. P. Griffin Lumber Company, at Avera, Greene
County, on September 1, 1920. Avera was on the Blodgett branch of the Gulf,
Mobile & Northern Railroad. The mill cut out about June 1925.
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Avera
Mill:
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Road
No.
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Type
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Builder
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C.N.
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Date
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Cyls.
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Dri.
Dia.
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Engine
Wt.
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Previous
Ownership
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Disposition
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1st
1
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42-2
Shay
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Lima
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3081
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5/1920
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3-10x12
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29½
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84000
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J.
P. Griffin Lumber Co. #1, Avera, MS
Green Lumber Co. 1st #1, on 9/1/1920.
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Tallahoma
Lumber Co. #1, Montrose, MS,
ca.
11/1924.
Eastman,
Gardiner & Co. #74, Laurel, MS,
on
11/18/1926.
Eastman-Gardiner
Hardwood Co. #1, Sandersville, MS, ca. 4/1927 (leased).
Pascagoula
Hardwood Co. #1, Laurel, MS.
The
Mengel Co. #1, Laurel, MS, on 11/29/1935.
Scrapped 1947.
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2nd
1
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0-4-0T
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Baldwin
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30000
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Unknown.
Green L:umber Co. 2nd #1, by 8/1924.
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3
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31-2
Heisler
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Heisler
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1136
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12/1907
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12½x12
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33
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62000
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Smith-McGowin
Mill Co. #6, Magazine, AL
Haney
Lumber Co., Star, MS, in 1913.
Birmingham
Rail & Locomotive Co.
J.
M. Hemphill Lumber Co., Rhodes, MS,
on
12/15/1916.
J.
M. Griffin, Rhodes, MS, on 11/24/1917.
J.
P. Griffin, Avera, MS
Green Lumber Co. #3, on 9/1/1920.
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Southern
Iron & Equipment Co. #1887
Hamburg
Lumber Co., Hamburg, AR,
on 9/29/1923.
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54
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50-3
Shay
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Lima
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566
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12/1898
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3-12x12
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32
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100000
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Eastman,
Gardiner & Co. #4, Laurel, MS
Re.
#54.
Southern
Iron & Equipment Co. #785.
Scotch
Lumber Co. #7, Fulton, AL,
on
3/15/1911.
Bay
Creek Lumber Co. #54, Purvis, MS
General
Equipment Co., New Orleans, LA (dealer), on 7/21/1919.
Green
Lumber Co. #1, Garner, MS
Transferred as #54 to Avera, MS, in
1924.
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Eureka
Gravel Co. #54, Montrose, MS.
Pascagoula
Hardwood Co. #54, Laurel, MS.
Boiler exploded 12/1928.
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17-2
Shay
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Lima
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183
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8/1887
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3-8x8
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26
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40000
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Gregory
& Coe Lumber Co. no #, Stanton, AL. Built 36-inch gauge.
Kingston
Lumber Co., Laurel, MS, in 1897.
Laurel
Machine & Foundry Co., Laurel, MS, ca. 4/1904.
Tallahatta
Lumber Co., Chunky. MS
Transferred
to Montrose, MS, in 1914.
Rebuilt
to standard gauge in 1/1915.
Montrose
Saw Mill Co., Montrose, MS,
in
10/1916 (leased).
George
W. Howell & Co. #4, Montrose, MS, on 7/30/1919.
Tallahoma
Lumber Co., Montrose, MS,
in
11/1921.
Southern
Iron & Equipment Co. #1942
Green Lumber Co., on 7/12/1924.
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Pascagoula
Hardwood Co., Laurel, MS
Scrapped by 4/1929.
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Garner Mill:
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Road
No.
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Type
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Builder
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C.N.
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Date
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Cyls.
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Dri.
Dia.
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Engine
Wt.
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Previous
Ownership
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Disposition
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1
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50-3
Shay
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Lima
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566
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12/1898
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3-12x12
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32
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100000
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Eastman,
Gardiner & Co. #4, Laurel, MS
Re.
#54.
Southern
Iron & Equipment Co. #785.
Scotch
Lumber Co. #7, Fulton, AL,
on
3/15/1911.
Bay
Creek Lumber Co. #54, Purvis, MS
General
Equipment Co., New Orleans, LA (dealer), on 7/21/1919.
Green Lumber Co. #1, on ?
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Transferred
as #54 to Avera, MS, in 1924.
Eureka
Gravel Co. #54, Montrose, MS.
Pascagoula
Hardwood Co. #54, Laurel, MS.
Boiler exploded 12/1928.
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