Lockwood Lumber Co.
Mississippi Railway
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Standard gauge, -lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Pelahatchie, MS (Rankin County) Mill Capacity: 75,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1907-1912 Miles Operated: 12 miles Locomotives Owned: 3 known |
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History by Gil Hoffman: The Lockwood Lumber Company was incorporated at Pelahatchie, Rankin County, on October 31, 1907, by G. L. Ross, J. L. Ross and J. E. Thornton, all of Pelahatchie, with authorized capital stock of $100,000. The organization of the company was never reported to the Secretary of State, and as a result the incorporation was invalid. The company thus operated as a partnership, with John and Henry Lockwood, of Ruston, LA, as the major partners. A sawmill with a cutting capacity of 75,000 feet per day was built at Pelahatchie, which included a planing mill and dry kilns. In the summer of 1908 an unincorporated logging railroad, known as the Mississippi Railway, was constructed northward from the mill. On April 10, 1912, the holdings of the Lockwood Lumber Company were transferred to the Gammill Lumber Company, a new corporation composed of many of the same people as the old partnership. As part of the deal, the Gammill Lumber Company assumed the debts of the partnership.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 212 2-6-0 Schenectady 50 17x24 88000 Purchased from Kilby Locomotive & Machine Works, Anniston, AL, on 8-1-10. Cost $4,000. Sold to Smith-Payne Lumber Co. #212, Hiwannee, MS, in 1912; to Brown Lumber Co. #212, Hiwannee, MS, on 3-20-13; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #949, Atlanta, GA, on 8-10-13; to Emporia Manufacturing Co. #9, Emporia, VA, on 9-27-13. 4 2-8-0 Baldwin 36756 8-1911 44 16x22 85000 Purchased new. Lettered "Mississippi Railway" Cost $9,150. Sold to Gammill Lumber Co. #4, Pelahatchie, MS, on 4-10-12, changed to 2-8-2, Baldwin XO-3331, 4-12-12; to Mississippi Soft Pine Co. #4, Canton, MS, by 7-1917; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1355, Atlanta, GA; to Lutcher & Moore Cypress Lumber Co., Lutcher, LA, on 11-11-18. Baldwin class 10-26 E 336 5 2T Shay Lima 2516 4-1912 29 3-10x10 72000 Purchased new. Lettered "Mississippi Railway" Sold to Gammill Lumber Co. #5, Pelahatchie, MS, on 4-10-12; to Apollonia Lumber Co. #5, Pelahatchie, MS, on 2-23-21; to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #5, Canton, MS, in 2-1929. Scrapped 9-1937.
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