Aerial View of Mill 1 and Mill Pond

An aerial view of sawmill No. 1 and the mill pond from the water tower, Southern Pine Lumber Company, Diboll, Texas, 1903. It was built in 1903 as a double carriage band saw mill of 125,000 board feet capacity and was completed in 104 days. It replaced the earliest company mill of 50,000 board feet capacity, which was built in 1894.