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ROBB AND DAY. Lumber mill. Located at the foot of Seventh Street, the company was established in 1876 by O.H. Ingram, D. Kennedy, and [[DAY, William Harrison Sr.|William Harrison DAY, Sr.]] Obtaining logs from the Black, St. Croix, and Chippewa Rivers, the firm employing one hundred men was able to produce an estimated million feet of finished lumber in addition to shingles, laths, and pickets annually in 1880. The lumber was sold wholesale for an estimated value of $250,000. This company was later incorporated as the [[STANDARD LUMBER COMPANY]]. | ROBB AND DAY. Lumber mill. Located at the foot of Seventh Street, the company was established in 1876 by O.H. Ingram, D. Kennedy, and [[DAY, William Harrison Sr.|William Harrison DAY, Sr.]] Obtaining logs from the Black, St. Croix, and Chippewa Rivers, the firm employing one hundred men was able to produce an estimated million feet of finished lumber in addition to shingles, laths, and pickets annually in 1880. In 1876 this saw and planning mill, was renamed Ingram, Kennedy and Day. The lumber was sold wholesale for an estimated value of $250,000. This company was later incorporated as the [[STANDARD LUMBER COMPANY]]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:36, 20 February 2010
ROBB AND DAY. Lumber mill. Located at the foot of Seventh Street, the company was established in 1876 by O.H. Ingram, D. Kennedy, and William Harrison DAY, Sr. Obtaining logs from the Black, St. Croix, and Chippewa Rivers, the firm employing one hundred men was able to produce an estimated million feet of finished lumber in addition to shingles, laths, and pickets annually in 1880. In 1876 this saw and planning mill, was renamed Ingram, Kennedy and Day. The lumber was sold wholesale for an estimated value of $250,000. This company was later incorporated as the STANDARD LUMBER COMPANY.