Anchor Saw Mill Co.
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Standard gauge, 30-lb rail Headquarters: Tonawanda, NY Mill Location: Ellisville, MS (Jones County) Mill Capacity: 50,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1901-1912 Miles Operated: 18 miles in 1910 Locomotives Owned: 2 known |
Equipment: 18 log cars, 1 McGiffert Loader
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History by Gil Hoffman: On November 9, 1901 the Summit Lumber Company, of Arkansas, controlled by the Silverthorne interests of Tonawanda, New York, bought the sawmill, logging railroad and timber holdings of the Anderson Lumber Company, at Ellisville, Jones County. This property was operated as the Anchor Saw Mill Company, a Mississippi corporation. The original secretary and general manager was D. F. McCullough. The cutting capacity of the sawmill was 50,000 feet per day. The product was longleaf yellow pine lumber and timbers, rough or dressed. The company went out of business in the summer of 1912. On August 30, 1912 the mill site and other company land in Ellisville were sold to I. P. Clayton.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 1 0-4-0T Baldwin 9998 5-1889 31 10x14 22710 Purchased from Isaac Anderson #1, Ellisville, MS, on 11-9-01. Built as Alton Improvement Co. #1, Alton, IL (Middletown R.R.), dummy type; to F. M. Pease, Chicago, IL (dealer); to Isaac Anderson #1, Ellisville, MS, by 4-1901. Sold to Laurel Machine & Foundry Co., Laurel, MS., by 5-1912; to Sartin Lumber Co. #1, Kitchener, MS. Baldwin class 4-14 C 84 5 2-4-0 Baldwin 4100 6-1877 41 12x18 Purchased from Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL, in 1903. Built as Prospect Park & Coney Island #5 "Brooklyn," a 2-4-0T; to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Baldwin class 6-18 C 3
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