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'.