Saw Mill viewed from Rail at Mill Pond Edge

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An image showing Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill No. 1 from the rail along the mill pond edge, Diboll, Texas, 1903. Sawmill 1 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.

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