Mowbray & Robinson Co. ?-1919

W. L. Crenshaw & Co. 1919-1923

Memphis Band Mill Co. 1923-?

Standard gauge, 35-lb rail Headquarters: Memphis, TN Mill Location: Blanton, MS ( County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day  Years of Operation:  Miles Operated: 4 miles in 1923 Locomotives Owned: 1 known	Other Equipment: 4 flat cars	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: W. L. Crenshaw & Company was organized at Memphis, TN, in October 1919, as a partnership of W. L. Crenshaw and his son, C. L. Crenshaw. From Mowbray & Robinson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, the company purchased three sections of timber land in Issaquena County, MS, near Blanton, plus a sawmill located on the tract and a logging railroad on Oct. 27, 1919. C. L. Crenshaw became general manager of the operation. The company was incorporated in October 1920 with $50,000 in capital stock by Claude L. Crenshaw, Hester M. Crenshaw, Ida C. Turner, Alma C. McAlexander and F. C. Demuth with headquarters at Memphis, TN.  On October 27, 1923, the Memphis Band Mill Company purchased the sawmill property of W. L. Crenshaw & Company, at Blanton in Sharkey County, from the heirs of W. L. Crenshaw. The purchase included a circular saw mill, timber rights for six years, logging railroad and equipment.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:    Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   ?   0-4-2   Porter   857   8/1887   12x18   40   36000   Ensley Ry. #1, Birmingham, AL Built as 0-4-2T. Birmingham Railway & Electric Co., Birmingham, AL, in 5/1890. Clifton Iron Co., Ironaton, AL, in 1899. Alabama Consolidated Coal & Iron Co., Ironaton, AL Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. Kirkpatrick Sand & Cement Co., Jackson’s Lake, AL, on 8/7/1912. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1050. Changed to 0-4-2. Pritchard Brothers, Cumberland, MS, on 4/13/1917. Mowbray & Robinson Co., Blanton, MS W. L. Crenshaw & Co., on 10/27/1919.   Memphis Band Mill Co., Blanton, MS, on 10/27/1923.

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