Standard gauge, 35-lb rail
Headquarters: Moss Point
Mill Location: Avent, MS (George County)
Mill Capacity: 35,000 ft/day in 1917
Years of Operation: 1905-ca1918
Miles Operated: 14 miles 1917
Locomotives Owned:
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Equipment:
10 log cars
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History
by Tony Howe:
R.
C. Avent, originally from Brewton, Alabama, moved to Moss Point by 1897 and
operated a sawmill near there. About 1906, he built a mill just south of
Leaf on the MJ&KC Railroad. The town that grew up around the mill became
known as Avent. R. C. Avent married into the Turner family of Vinegar Bend
Lumber Co. and in 1924 built a new mill north of Vinegar Bend to cut some of
the old Vinegar Bend holdings. That mill finally cut out in 1932.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
Road
No.
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Type
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Builder
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C.N.
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Date
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Cyls.
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Dri.
Dia.
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Engine
Wt.
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Previous
Ownership
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Disposition
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4
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0-6-4TB
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Glover
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81411
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6-1906
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8x14
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28
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New.
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Returned to factory in 1-1908 and
rebuilt as c/n 10143.
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5
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0-6-0
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Glover
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11164
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7-1907
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11x16
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30
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New.
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R.
M. Garbutt Lumber Co. #2, Register, GA
Langford & Ellis Lumber Co.,
Ridgeland, SC, in 7-1929.
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6
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0-6-0
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Glover
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10164
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10/1909
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10x16
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New.
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