E. F. Nunn & Co.
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Standard gauge, 25-lb rail Headquarters: Shuqualak, MS Mill Location: Shuqualak, MS (Noxubee County) Mill Capacity: 0,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1893-1924 Miles Operated: 10 miles in 1924 Locomotives Owned: 3 known |
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History by Gil Hoffman: E. F. Nunn & Company were primarily a mercantile firm. As early as 1893 the company was operating a yellow pine sawmill at Shuqualak, on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. In 1913 a logging railroad was constructed. In the 1920s H. H. Evans was general manager and James A. Sanders was mill superintendent. The mill cut out about August 1924 after which all machinery and locomotives were put up for sale. About May 1926 the mill burned.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: (a) 0-4-4F Rhode Island 11x16 42000 Purchased from Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1025, Birmingham, AL, on 11-13-13. Code name "Cannon." Sold to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., Birmingham, AL; to Allison Lumber Co., Hairston, AL, on 12-18-17; to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1109, Birmingham, AL; to Crandall & Brown Lumber Co., Pearl River, LA, on 8-5-18. 1 2T Shay Lima 1922 4-1907 26 2-7x12 33900 empty Purchased from Lightsey Brothers, Hampton, SC. Built as E. R. Ginn #1, Varnville, SC; to Lightsey Brothers, Hampton, SC. Sold to W. I. Luke & Son #1, Walnut Grove, MS, about 1924. Scrapped by 6-1928. 2 2T Shay Lima 2481 9-1911 22 2-6x10 24300 empty Purchased from Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1062, Birmingham, AL, on 8-24-16. Built as Harris & Cole Brothers, Inc. #2, Sulligent, AL; to Kentucky Lumber Co. #2, Sulligent, AL, in 1913; to Georgia Car & Locomotive Co. #274, Atlanta, GA; to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1062, on 3-6-15. For sale 8-1924.
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