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        <td valign="top"><strong>Alpha-Numeric Key:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">WK-84</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Corporate Name:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">Walker Brothers Lumber Company</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Local Name:</strong></td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Owner Name:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">Walker Brothers Lumber Company. J. C. Walker and Dorothy Walker and L. K. Walker.</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Location:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">Huntsville</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>County:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">Walker</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Years in Operation:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">53 years</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Start Year:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">1944</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>End Year:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">1996</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Decades:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">1940-1949,1950-1959,1960-1969,1970-1979,1980-1989,1990-1999</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Period of Operation:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">1944 to 1996</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Town:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">Huntsville</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Company Town:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">2</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Peak Town Size:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">Unknown</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Mill Pond:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top"><img src="/graphics/icons/unknown.png"></td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Type of Mill:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">Rough and dressed lumber, and other manufacturing; 1987-dressed pine lumber.<br>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/checked.png"> <small>Sawmill</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/checked.png"> <small>Pine Sawmill</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Hardwood Sawmill</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Cypress Sawmill</small></td>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/checked.png"> <small>Planer</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Planer Only</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Shingle</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Paper</small></td>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Plywood</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Cotton</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Grist</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Unknown</small></td>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/checked.png"> <small>Other</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"></td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Power Source:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">1944: diesel. 1965: all electric. 1993: all electric<br>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Horse</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Mule</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Oxen</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Water</small></td>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Water Overshot</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Water Turbine</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/checked.png"> <small>Diesel</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Unknown</small></td>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Pit</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Steam</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Steam Circular</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Steam Band</small></td>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Gas</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/checked.png"> <small>Electricity</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Other</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"></td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Maximum Capacity:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">130000: 1993</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Capacity Comments:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">130,000 feet daily in the 1990s.</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Produced:</strong></td>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/checked.png"> <small>Rough Lumber</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/checked.png"> <small>Planed Lumber</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Crossties</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Timbers</small></td>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Lathe</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Ceiling</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Unknown</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Beading</small></td>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Flooring</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Paper</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Plywood</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Particle Board</small></td>
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                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"> <small>Treated</small></td>
                <td valign="top" width="25%"><img src="/graphics/icons/checked.png"> <small>Other</small></td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Equipment:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">1993: sawmill with circular, gang, one debarker, a chipping headrig, a circular headrig, a cant gang/edger, a trimmer, a mechanical sorter, a dry kiln and a planing mill.</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Company Tram:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top"><img src="/graphics/icons/unchecked.png"></td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Associated Railroads:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">Unknown</td>
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        <td valign="top" nowrap=""><strong>Historicial Development:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top"> J. C. Walker and L. K. Walker opened this lumber facility in Huntsville in 1944. J. C. and Dorothy Walker bought out L. K. Walker in 1953. J. C. and Dorothy Walker sold the company to Walker Brothers Lumber Company in 1957.
          Equipment included a GM diesel power unit, one 23-inch edger, one Frick carriage, one saw husk, one GE HD motor, eight lumber wagons, one #18M Phelps blowers, a 100-ft green chain, a gang saw stretcher, a filer, a log haul-up, one sawdust
          cone complete, a slab conveyor, one 10-horsepower Century electric motor, a 36-inch Crosby edger, one 30- horsepower Century motor, a saw grinder, one 6 cylinder GMC power unit, a 36-inch Phelps blower, a HD Esterer gang saw with grinder,
          two sets of 20-inch two-saw trimmers, a Yates American A-20 8-inch by 15-inch HD fast planer and knife heads, one D-13000 Caterpillar Diesel, one 75-ft block chain for trimmers, and one complete Moore cross-circulation dry kiln with an Ames
          steam boiler. By spring of 1964, Walker Brothers had completely modernized the sawmill complex, according to The Texas Forest News. The new mill was a high-speed operation that greatly increased production. In 1966, the company employed
          more than fifty employees. In 1993, J. C. Walker was still the owner with H. L. Bird a part owner. The facility employed seventy workers working pine, and manufacturing dry dimensions. Some of the equipment included circular, gang, one
          debarker, a chipping headrig, a circular headrig, a cant gang/edger, a trimmer, a mechanical sorter, a dry kiln and a planing mill. </td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Research Date:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">MCJ 03-31-96</td>
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        <td valign="top"><strong>Prepared By:</strong></td>
        <td valign="top">M. Johnson</td>
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RESEARCH: SAWMILL DATABASE

Alpha-Numeric Key: WK-84 Corporate Name: Walker Brothers Lumber Company Local
Name: Owner Name: Walker Brothers Lumber Company. J. C. Walker and Dorothy
Walker and L. K. Walker. Location: Huntsville County: Walker Years in Operation:
53 years Start Year: 1944 End Year: 1996 Decades:
1940-1949,1950-1959,1960-1969,1970-1979,1980-1989,1990-1999 Period of Operation:
1944 to 1996 Town: Huntsville Company Town: 2 Peak Town Size: Unknown Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Rough and dressed lumber, and other manufacturing; 1987-dressed
pine lumber.


Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle
Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other

Power Source: 1944: diesel. 1965: all electric. 1993: all electric


Horse Mule Oxen Water Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown Pit Steam
Steam Circular Steam Band Gas Electricity Other

Maximum Capacity: 130000: 1993 Capacity Comments: 130,000 feet daily in the
1990s. Produced:

Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other

Equipment: 1993: sawmill with circular, gang, one debarker, a chipping headrig,
a circular headrig, a cant gang/edger, a trimmer, a mechanical sorter, a dry
kiln and a planing mill. Company Tram: Associated Railroads: Unknown Historicial
Development: J. C. Walker and L. K. Walker opened this lumber facility in
Huntsville in 1944. J. C. and Dorothy Walker bought out L. K. Walker in 1953. J.
C. and Dorothy Walker sold the company to Walker Brothers Lumber Company in
1957. Equipment included a GM diesel power unit, one 23-inch edger, one Frick
carriage, one saw husk, one GE HD motor, eight lumber wagons, one #18M Phelps
blowers, a 100-ft green chain, a gang saw stretcher, a filer, a log haul-up, one
sawdust cone complete, a slab conveyor, one 10-horsepower Century electric
motor, a 36-inch Crosby edger, one 30- horsepower Century motor, a saw grinder,
one 6 cylinder GMC power unit, a 36-inch Phelps blower, a HD Esterer gang saw
with grinder, two sets of 20-inch two-saw trimmers, a Yates American A-20 8-inch
by 15-inch HD fast planer and knife heads, one D-13000 Caterpillar Diesel, one
75-ft block chain for trimmers, and one complete Moore cross-circulation dry
kiln with an Ames steam boiler. By spring of 1964, Walker Brothers had
completely modernized the sawmill complex, according to The Texas Forest News.
The new mill was a high-speed operation that greatly increased production. In
1966, the company employed more than fifty employees. In 1993, J. C. Walker was
still the owner with H. L. Bird a part owner. The facility employed seventy
workers working pine, and manufacturing dry dimensions. Some of the equipment
included circular, gang, one debarker, a chipping headrig, a circular headrig, a
cant gang/edger, a trimmer, a mechanical sorter, a dry kiln and a planing mill.
Research Date: MCJ 03-31-96 Prepared By: M. Johnson