Last Mill of the Hoffman Lumber Company, Columbia, South Carolina

Identifier:

034684

Collection Number:

A&M 1630

Title:

Last Mill of the Hoffman Lumber Company, Columbia, South Carolina

Description:

'Last mill of the Hoffman Lumber Company in Columbia, South Carolina, which was a modern electrically driven mill 7' Right Hand Sinker & Davis Hooiser Band Mill on which they ran 11" x 14 Guage saw. This mill with timber was sold as of May 11 1945 to the Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co., of Knoxville, Tennessee. The Hoffman Brothers of course were the inventors of the first successful band mill with main offices at Ft. Wayne, Indiana'.

Subjects:

Sawmills--South Carolina--Columbia., Logging and Lumbering--Scenes and Views., Mills and mill-work--South Carolina--Columbia.

Corporate Names:

Hoffman Lumber Company.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView