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Standard gauge, 60-lb rail
Headquarters: Lexington, KY
Mill Location: Poplarville, MS (Pearl River County)
Mill Capacity: 75,000 ft/day
Years of Operation: 1910-1919
Miles Operated: 25 miles in 1917
Locomotives Owned:
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Equipment:
1917- 1 Clyde skidder, 1 Clyde Rapid Loader, 1
McGiffert log loader
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History
by Gil Hoffman:
On
July 16, 1910, the Poplarville Saw Mill Company, of Lexington, KY,
purchased the sawmill and timber holdings of the Poplarville Lumber Company,
at Poplarville, Pearl River County, for $220,000. The Poplarville Sawmill
Company was incorporated at Lexington, KY, on July 27, 1910 by George W.
Headley, Jr., E. L. Hutchinson and others with authorized capital stock of
$50,000. G. W. Headley, Jr. was president of the company.
In
March 1914 the plant was closed because of poor business conditions. It was
rebuilt In the latter part of 1915 and reopened in late January 1916.
Cutting capacity of the rebuilt mill was about 75,000 feet per day of
longleaf yellow pine. About November 1918 the mill cut out and the machinery
was moved to Tiger, Choctaw County, Alabama, on the Alabama, Tennessee &
Northern Railroad. On February 5, 1919 the mill site, sawmill buildings and
company houses were sold to D. D. Durham.
The
Poplarville Saw Mill Company had the same ownership as the Louise Lumber
Company, at Hawkes, Jones County, which cut out in July 1915. During the
period of shutdown of the Poplarville mill, George Headley moved to Hawkes
where he ran the Louise Lumber Company.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
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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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1
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42-2
Heisler
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Heisler
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1261
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1912
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15x12
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36
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84000
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Smith-Payne
Lumber Co. #1, Hiwannee, MS Lettered for Hiwannee &
Tombigbee R.R.
Diverted
to:
Poplarville
Saw Mill Co. #1, Poplarville, MS
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Hinton
Brothers Lumber Co., Lumberton, MS
Birmingham
Rail & Locomotive Co.,
on
4/1/1917.
Cecil
Lumber Co. #2, Orvisburg, MS,
on
6/4/1917..
Southern
Lumber & Timber Co. #1, Orvisburg, MS, on 8/7/1920.
Foster
Creek Lumber & Manufacturing Co. 2nd #1, Stephenson, MS
Turner
Lumber Co. #8, Lemoyen, LA,
by
1935.
Santee
River Hardwood Co. #8,
St. Stephen, SC, on 12/8/1942.
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2
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36-2
Heisler
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Heisler
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1260
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1912
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15x12
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36
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84000
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Louise
Lumber Co. #2, Hawkes, MS
Poplarville
Saw Mill Co. #2, Poplarville, MS,
in 1916.
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For
sale 5/1919.
Lamb-Fish
Lumber Co., Charleston, MS
Turner-Farber-Love
Co. #7, Charleston, MS, in 5/1923.
Santee
River Hardwood Co. #7, St. Stephen, SC, in 1928.
Maggie
Valley Amusement Corp., Maggie, NC (Highlander R.R. #2 Old
Cinders),
in
1962.
Maggie
Valley R.R. #2 Old Cinders, Maggie, NC, in 1964.
Whitewater Valley R.R. #2,
Connersville, IN.
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4
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No
Data
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Unknown.
A.
Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA (dealer).
Poplarville Saw Mill Co. #4
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Repossessed by A. Marx & Sons,
New Orleans, LA, in 1914.
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5?
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4-6-0
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Baldwin
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11795
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4/1891
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16x20
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40
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80000
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Ordered
by Huntsville Belt Line & Monte Sano Ry., Huntsville, AL.
Cancelled and resold to:
New
Orleans & Northwestern Ry. #5, Natchez, MS, on 11/16/1891.
Tensas
River Lumber Co., Moreau, LA,
by
8/1912.
Baxter
Lumber Co. #2, Wildsville, LA
Southern
Iron & Equipment Co. #1057,
on
4/5/1916.
Poplarville
Saw Mill Co., on 12/6/1916.
Baldwin class 10-26 D 94
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For
sale 5/1919.
Swift
Lumber Co., Knoxo, MS, by 4/1920.
Colmer-Green
Lumber Co. #5, Colgreen, MS
Barnes-Creary
Supply Co., Mobile, AL,
by 7/1925.
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7
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23-2
Shay
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Lima
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882
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3/1904
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3-9x8
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26
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45210
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Poplarville
Lumber Co. #7, Poplarville, MS
Poplarville Saw Mill Co. #7, on
7/16/1910.
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Phillips
& Wentworth, Maxie, MS, in 1918.
Wentworth
Lumber Co., Maxie, MS,
on
3/4/1919.
Love
Lumber Co. #7, Poplarville, MS,
on
9/1/1922.
Poplarville
Lumber Co. #7, Poplarville, MS, in 12/1924.
Scrapped ca. 6/1926.
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9
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2-8-0
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Baldwin
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42781
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1/1916
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16x22
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44
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87500
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New.
Cost $8,450.
Baldwin class 10-26 E 398
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De
Kalb & Western R.R. #9, Electric Mills, MS, by 6/1917.
Re.
#502.
St.
Francis Material Co., Forrest City, AR,
by 7/1951.
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