J.
T. McKinnon (1905-1910)
Collins
& Hull (1910) J.
T. McKinnon & Co. (1910-1916)
Standard gauge, 30-lb rail
Headquarters: Ellisville
Mill Location: Ellisville, MS (1.5 miles SE) (Jones County)
Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1905-1916
Miles Operated:
Locomotives Owned: 2 known
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
On August 5, 1905 J. T. McKinnon purchased the sawmill, logging equipment
and timber land belonging to the Collins family. This mill was located about
a mile and a half south of Ellisville and about the same distance east of
the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad. When McKinnon bought the mill
it was logged by oxen. He later put in a spur railroad on the old dummy line
of the Tallahala Lumber Company between the mill and the N. O. & N. E.,
connecting at Fridge Spur, and also extended this line a short distance to
his timber.
On February 23, 1910 McKinnon sold his mill, logging railroad and timber
to O. V. Hull and Lionel Collins, both of Ellisville, for $10,584.86. The
entire property was re-acquired by McKinnon on August 30, 1910.
In March 1912 the McKinnon planing mill was destroyed by fire, but was
apparently rebuilt. In November 1913 the sawmill plant was closed
indefinitely. On January 3, 1916 the mill was sold to Mulford Parker.
Meanwhile, McKinnon established a new sawmilling operation at Beatrice, in
Clarke County.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
? Rod Baldwin 24000
Purchased used by J. T. McKinnon. To Collins & Hull, on 2-23-10.
Gone by 8-30-10.
201 0-4-4F
Pittsburgh 1515
1-1894 42
12x16 48000
Purchased by Collins & Hull from Pearl Land & Lumber Co. #201,
Richardson, MS, in 1910. Built as Manhattan Ry. #201; to New York Dock Co.
#201, Brooklyn, NY, on 11-2-05; to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co.,
Birmingham, AL; to Day Lumber & Manufacturing Co. #201, Richardson,
MS, on 1-6-06; to D. C. Richardson-Taylor Lumber Co. #201, Richardson, MS,
on 10-4-07; to Pearl Land & Lumber Co. #201, Richardson, MS, on
9-29-08. To J. T. McKinnon #201, on 8-30-10. Transferred to Beatrice, MS,
by 9-1916.
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