Vancleave Lumber Co.
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Standard gauge, 56-lb rail Headquarters: Moss Point Mill Location: Vancleave, MS (Jackson County) Mill Capacity: 150,000 ft/day in 1910 Years of Operation: 1903-1926 Miles Operated: 25 miles in 1925 Locomotives Owned: 7? |
Also see: L. N. Dantzler Lumber Co. Equipment:
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History by Gil Hoffman and Tony Howe: The
Vancleave Lumber Company was incorporated for 50 years at Moss Point,
Jackson County, on July 1, 1903, by L. N. Dantzler, J. L. Dantzler, L. N.
Dantzler, Jr., A. F. Dantzler and G. B. Dantzler with authorized capital
stock of $50,000. The seat of operations was to be Vancleave. A band sawmill
was built at Vancleave in 1903, which was the terminus of the L. N. Dantzler
Lumber Co. logging railroad since 1900. This mill was reportedly built to
handle overflow logs that the mill at Moss Point couldn't handle. The mill
at Vancleave only operated about 5 years. The railroad there continued to
supply the Moss Point mill with logs until about 1926. Vancleave Lumber Co.
was operated as a timber-holding and logging subsidiary during this time. All
the timber was cut out about October 1926 and the company officially
dissolved in December 1931. |
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| ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
1
2-6-0
Grant
10-1882
43
14x20
62000
Transferred
from L. N. Dantzler Lumber Co. #1, Moss Point, MS. Built
as Texas & St. Louis #52 "George W. Brown" (36-inch gauge);
to St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas #52, in 2-1886, changed to standard
gauge in 6-1887; to St. Louis Southwestern #52, in 6-1891; to L. N.
Dantzler Lumber Co. #1, on 7-11-1900. 2
Rod
Purchased
secondhand. In service by 8-1-1902. 3
2-6-0
LS&MS
56
16x24
Purchased
from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #187, Atlanta, GA, on 10-15-03.
Cost $3,100. Built
as Lake Shore & Michigan Southern #
; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #187. 4
2-6-0
Baldwin
16x24
70000
Purchased
from Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #353, Atlanta, GA, on 2-3-06. Cost
$3,250. Built
as Lake Shore & Michigan Southern #
; to Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #353. 7
2T Heisler
Heisler
1315
-1915
36
15x12
84000
Transferred
from L. N. Dantzler Lumber Co. #7, Moss Point, MS. 8
2T Shay
Lima
1694
5-1906
32
3-11x12
90000
Purchased
by L. N. Dantzler Lumber Co. for Vancleave Lumber Co. from Birmingham Rail
& Locomotive Co. #1222, Birmingham, AL, on 2-24-19. Cost $7,750. Built
as Kilpatrick Brothers & Collins Contracting Co. #6, Council Bluffs,
IA; to United States Equipment Co., Chicago, IL; to McArthur Brothers Co.,
Altapass, NC; to McIntyre & Swank, New Lexington, KY; to Birmingham
Rail & Locomotive Co. #1222. 221
4-6-0
Rhode Island
2362
8-1890
55
18x24
108000
Transferred
from Ten Mile Lumber Co. #221, Ten Mile, MS. Built
as Macon Construction Co. #221, Macon, GA; to Macon & Birmingham #221,
Macon, GA, on 5-25-1896; to Georgia Southern & Florida 1st #133,
Macon, GA, on 11-3-1897; to Macon & Birmingham #221, Macon, GA; to
Georgia Car & Locomotive Co. #234, Atlanta, GA; to Ten Mile Lumber Co.
#221, on 1-7-1913.
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For more information contact Tony Howe at howe6818@bellsouth.net or David S. Price at dsprice46@bellsouth.net