Lowery, Carter & Co. (1892-1900)
Lowery Lumber Co. (1900-1911)
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36" gauge, wood rail, changed to 25-lb steel rail 1896 Headquarters: Ellisville Mill Location: Ellisville, MS (Jones County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1892-1911 Miles Operated: about 5 Locomotives Owned: 3 known |
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History by Gil Hoffman: Lowery, Carter & Company was a partnership composed of Benjamin L. Lowery, formerly of Coosa Valley, Ala., Robert C. Carter and E. P. Hardwick. In December 1891 construction began on a sawmill at Ellisville, Jones County. The mill site itself was not purchased until February 8, 1892 (from Isaac Anderson, of Ellisville). The completed plant consisted of a single circular sawmill, a planing mill and dry kilns. Only longleaf yellow pine was cut. On Janaury 9, 1894 Carter sold his interest in the company to Lowery and Hardwick for $5,535.42. By 1896 Lowery was the sole owner. Timber for the mill was southeast of Ellisville, extending in patches almost to Ellisville Junction. The Lowery Lumber Company was incorporated at Ellisville, Jones County, in October 1903 by B. F. Fridge, J. H. Moore, W. S. Glenn and D. K. Collins and leased the sawmill of B. L. Lowery at Ellisville. The sawmill was a Filer & Stowell circular type at that time. In January 1911 the plant, railroad and logging equipment were offered for sale.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 393 2T Shay Lima 393 8-1892 26 2-7x12 26000 Purchased new through Southern Equipment Co. Built for wood rail track. Sold to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL; to Sterrett Lumber Co., Sterrett, AL, on 4-28-00; to J. J. Whisnant, Gordon, AL; to Gordon Lumber Co., Gordon, AL, on 6-1-06. ? 4-drivers Baldwin 12x16 Purchased from Erata Mill Co., Erata, MS, on 11-21-96. Original ownership unknown; to Daniel McCoy, Grand Rapids, MI; to Erata Mill Co., Erata, MS, on 7-5-93. For sale 1-1911. ? 2T Shay Lima 476 11-1894 26½ 3-8x12 50000 Purchased by Lowery Lumber Co., from Tallapoosa Lumber Co. #2, Sistrunk, AL. For sale 1-1911. Sold to Big Sandy Lumber Co., Hull, AL; to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL; to Zickgraf-Jensen Lumber Co. #3, Pioneer, TN, on 5-3-16; to Combs Coal Co., Hawley, WV; to Hawley Coal Co., Bluefield, WV; to Hutchinson Lumber Co., Clute, WV, in 1920; to Logan Planing Mill Co. #2, Logan, WV, about 11-1922. Scrapped 9-1926.
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