Photograph of a Bucyrus steam shovel at work loading rail cars near Blix station, along the Texas South-Eastern Railroad right of way in western Angelina County, Texas.
Photograph of Bucyrus steam shovel at work loading rail cars near Blix station, along the Texas South-Eastern Railroad right of way in western Angelina County, Texas. Note the structures in the background. Texas South-Eastern Railroad engine 5 and a Lidgerwood is depicted in the background as well.
Photograph of the C. H. Bateman home in Diboll. Bateman was the assistant foreman of the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill 1, also called the yellow pine sawmill. The Bateman family is presumably pictured.
Photograph of the C. L. Effinger home in Diboll. Effinger was a Southern Pine Lumber Company cashier and office manager. He and his family are presumably pictured.
Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company church building located in Diboll's south side. The lower floor held Baptist and Methodist services. The upper floor held meeting rooms for the Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World.
Photograph of a Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill engine, a 24x48 500 horse power Filer & Stowell Corliss steam engine, with an 18-foot fly wheel. A company employee is depicted in the background. This is likely sawmill 1, or the yellow pine mill.
Photograph of the interior of the Southern Pine Lumber Company dynamo room showing an engine manufactured by A. L. Ide & Sons of Springfield, Illinois. Engine specifications include 13x12 204 rev.; 50 K. W. Triumph Dynamo (Triumph Electric Company of Cincinnati, Ohio); 35 K. W. Keystone dynamo (Keystone Electric Company of Erie, Pennsylvania); 250 volts D. C.
Photograph of the S. E. Lingard house in Diboll, Texas. Lingard was Southern Pine Lumber Company's shipping clerk. Lingard and his family are presumably pictures on the porch.
Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company mill pond filled with pine timber, also showing loaded rail cars along the unloading dock in the background.
Photograph of rail cars loaded with hardwood timber at the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill 2, which was also called the hardwood mill. This mill also cut pine timber. Note the mill pond on the left. Hardwood logs were not unloaded into the mill ponds because they would sink.
Photograph of four cars of hardwood logs on the unloading dock, showing the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill 2 and new water tower and in the background. Mill 2 was also called the hardwood mill. Notice that hardwood logs were not unloaded into the mill pond, but rather rolled down an incline to the endless chain. The mill pond with floating pine logs and mill pond workers are also shown. This view is looking south from the north end of the unloading dock.
Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill 2, also called the hardwood mill, with workers unloading hardwood timber down a ramp and into the mill. Note how hardwood logs were not unloaded into the mill pond because they would sink. This mill was built between December 1906 and April 1907. All sawmill equipment was in a 40x155 feet area and the lath mill annex was 28x60 feet. The mill sometimes cut pine timber too. The mill's daily capacity during a daytime run was 60,000 feet of pine and 40,000 feet of hardwoods, with a day and night yellow pine capacity of 120,000 feet. Hardwoods were not cut at night. Sawmill 2 was dismantled in 1954.
Photograph of Knights of Pythias members, officers, visitors, including women, in front of the new Castle Hall of Diboll Lodge 304. This is the building dedication. November 15, 1907.
Photograph of lath on the dry kiln incline. Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill 1 is depicted in the background with the fuel and engine houses to the right of the mill.
Photograph of lath on the dry kiln trams, showing how it comes from under the sorting platform. A sawmill is shown in the background with various employees and lumber carts.
Photograph of two Southern Pine Lumber Company woods sawyers in the Lindsey Springs area, Angelina County. Lindsey Springs, located about seven miles northeast of Diboll, was a Southern Pine Lumber Company logging camp from about 1898 to 1906. According to the federal census of 1900, the community then had a population of 110.
Photograph of the Southern Pine Lumber Company log pond from the top of the endless chain incline. The photograph shows how logs were attached to the chain and pulled upward from the mill pond and into the sawmill.
Photograph of Southern Pine Lumber Company employees at the pay window of the company office on pay day. This photograph was taken with flashlight at 7 P.M. This is the Diboll office.
Photograph of the interior of the Southern Pine Lumber Company machinery and repair shop. This view is from the northeast corner and shows a trip-hammer and forge in the foreground.
Photograph of a Marsh fire pump near the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill 1, also called the yellow pine mill. Th pump had an 8-inch suction capacity and 7-inch discharge.
Photograph of a Marsh fire pump at the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill 2, also called the hardwood mill. The pump had an 8-inch suction capacity and a 7-inch discharge.
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