L. A. Cowan & Sons

Standard gauge, -lb rail Headquarters: Mobile, AL Mill Location: Reba, MS (Greene County) Mill Capacity: 50,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1918-19 Miles Operated:  Locomotives Owned: 2	Equipment: 1 McGiffert log loader	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: In 1918 L. A. Cowan & Sons, of Mobile, AL, built a sawmill at Reba, Greene County, on the Gulf Mobile & Northern Blodgett branch. Reba was named after one of Mr. Cowan's daughters. The mill was a single circular type with a cutting capacity of 50,000 feet per day. In the late summer of 1919. another circular rig was added.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:      Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   2   40-2 Heisler   Heisler   1404   11/1919   14x12   36   80000   New.   Leaf Lumber & Veneer Works, Avent, MS Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1826 Sherwood-Templeton Coal Co., Lotta, IN, on 10/11/1935.   3   40-2 Heisler   Heisler   1434   1920   14x12   36   80000   New.   Schuster Springs Lumber Co. #3, Ruthven, AL, by 5/1928. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. United Electric Coal Companies, Pyatts, IL, on 2/20/1936.

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