Apollonia Lumber Co.
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Standard gauge, 60-lb rail Headquarters: Delaware Mill Location: Pelahatchie, MS (Rankin County) Mill Capacity: 150,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1921-1929 Miles Operated: Locomotives Owned: 10 known |
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History by Gil Hoffman: On February 23, 1921 the Apollonia Lumber Company, a Delaware corporation, purchased the sawmill plant and timber holdings of the Gammill Lumber Company at Pelahatchie, Rankin County. The price paid was reportedly between four and five million dollars. Around a billion feet of stumpage was included in the deal, made up mostly of shortleaf pine. The company was chartered with $500,000 in capital stock and took its name from one of the sisters of E. P. Denkmann, the principal stockholder in the company. On February 7, 1929 the company was absorbed into the Pearl River Valley Lumber Company, also owned by Denkmann. The company's charter was withdrawn on October 10, 1933 after the mill cut out. On December 7, 1934 the mill "mysteriously" burned to the ground, some said by arson.
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman: 1st 1 2T Shay Lima 2560 8-1912 29 3-10x10 72000
Built as Ray Lumber Co. #1, Ray Siding, ME; to Indian Lake Lumber Co., Ray, ME; to Gammill Lumber Co. #1, Pelahatchie, MS Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #11, Canton, MS, in 5-1925; to Denkmann Lumber Co. #11, Canton, MS, on 9-1-38. Scrapped 1939. 2nd 1 2T Shay Lima 2037 1-1908 32 3-11x12 100000
Built as New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez Ry. #1, Natalbany, LA; to Natalbany Lumber Co. #1, Natalbany, LA. Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #1, Canton, MS, on 2-7-29. 2 4-6-0 ALCO-Pitts. 29460 12-1903 57 19x26 140000
Purchased from Gammill Lumber Co. #2, Pelahatchie, MS, on 2-23-21. Built as Stearns & Culver Lumber Co. #2, Bagdad, FL; to Bagdad Land & Lumber Co. #2, Bagdad, FL, in 1912; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1354, Atlanta, GA; to Gammill Lumber Co. #2, on 9-30-18. Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #2, Canton, MS, on 2-7-29; to Canton & Carthage R.R. #2, Canton, MS; to Denkmann Lumber Co. #2, Canton, MS. Scrapped 1947. 3 4-6-0 Pittsburgh 100000
Purchased secondhand. Transferred to Marietta Lumber Co. #3, Burnside, MS; to Denkmann Lumber Co. #3, Canton, MS. Scrapped 1944. 4 3T Shay Lima 745 12-1902 32 3-12x12 125000
Purchased from Tallahala Lumber Co. #4, Ora, MS, in 1924. Built as J. J. Newman Lumber Co. #10, Hattiesburg, MS, renumb. 2nd #6 in 1906; to Tallahala Lumber Co. #173, Ora, MS, on 3-26-18, renumb. #4. Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #4, Canton, MS, in 1925. Scrapped 1936. 5 2T Shay Lima 2516 4-1912 29 3-10x10 72000
Purchased from Gammill Lumber Co. #5, Pelahatchie, MS, on 2-23-21. Built as Lockwood Lumber Co. #1, Pelahatchie, MS; to Gammill Lumber Co. #5, Pelahatchie, MS, on 4-10-12. Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #5, Canton, MS, in 2-1929. Scrapped 9-1937. 6 4-6-0 ALCO-Pitts. 50378 9-1911 56 18x26 136000
Purchased from Gammill Lumber Co. #6, Pelahatchie, MS, on 2-23-21. Built as Kansas City & Memphis Ry. #6, Rogers, AR; to Gammill Lumber Co. #6, Pelahatchie, MS. Transferred to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #6, Canton, MS 7 2T Shay Lima 1671 2-1906 28 3-10x10 66000
Transferred from Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #7, Canton, MS, about 8-1924. Built as Porter-Wadley Lumber Co. #3, Cotton Valley, LA (Dorcheat Valley R.R.); to Bayou Blue Lumber Co., Hutchinson, LA, in 1915; to A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA (dealer), in 1918; to Mississippi Soft Pine Co., Canton, MS; to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #7, Canton, MS, on 2-23-21. Scrapped at Canton, MS, about 2-1929. 12 2T Shay Lima 2287 2-1910 29½ 3-10x12 84000
Transferred from Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #12, Canton, MS, about 8-1924. Built as Conner Lumber Co. #12, Seminary, MS; to A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA (dealer), in 1913; to Carruth Brothers Lumber Co. #12, Coral, MS, on 10-15-13; to A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA, on 3-31-14; to Gammill Lumber Co. #12, Pelahatchie, MS; to Mississippi Soft Pine Co. #12, Canton, MS; to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #12, Canton, MS, on 2-23-21. Transferred back to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #12, Canton, MS, about 5-1925; to Marietta Lumber Co. #12, Burnside, MS, about 3-1929 (on loan); to Pearl River Valley Lumber Co. #12, Canton, MS; to Denkmann Lumber Co. #12, Canton, MS, on 9-1-38. Scrapped 1942. 13 2-8-2 Baldwin 40734 10-1913 50 20x24 164700
Purchased from Fernwood Lumber Co. #13, Fernwood, MS. Transferred to Natalbany Lumber Co. #13, Natalbany, LA.; to Jahncke Service Co. #13, Bluff Creek, LA. Scrapped Baldwin class 12-34¼ E 27
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