Editing W. B. Wright Company

The '''W. B. Wright Company''' was a lumbering firm operated by [[William Benjamin Wright]].

The business was initially established in [[1872]] by Wright's father, [[George Washington Wright]], who retired in [[1888]]. W. B. incorporated the business under his own name in December [[1895]].<ref name="southern"/>

Its mills were located at the corner of [[Intendencia Street]] and [[10th Avenue]] and in 1901 had a capacity to turn out 65,000 feet of lumber, 20,000 laths and 40,000 shingles.<ref name="southern">J. S. Glass, editor. ''The Southern Manufacturer'', Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901.</ref>

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-[[Image:WBWrightCoLetterhead.jpg|thumb|right|240px|W. B. Wright Co. mill letterhead]]
 The '''W. B. Wright Company''' was a lumbering firm operated by [[William Benjamin Wright]].
-The company was initially established in [[1872]] by Wright's father, [[George Washington Wright]], who retired in [[1888]]. W. B. continued the business and incorporated it under his own name in December [[1895]].
+The business was initially established in [[1872]] by Wright's father, [[George Washington Wright]], who retired in [[1888]]. W. B. incorporated the business under his own name in December [[1895]].<ref name="southern"/>
-Its mills were located at the corner of [[Intendencia Street]] and [[10th Avenue]] and in 1901 had a capacity to turn out 65,000 feet of lumber, 20,000 laths and 40,000 shingles.
+Its mills were located at the corner of [[Intendencia Street]] and [[10th Avenue]] and in 1901 had a capacity to turn out 65,000 feet of lumber, 20,000 laths and 40,000 shingles.<ref name="southern">J. S. Glass, editor. ''The Southern Manufacturer'', Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901.</ref>
-The company owned two tugboats (''Columbia'' and ''Hercules'') and a fleet of lighters. It could also transport lumber to its mills via the [[Yellow River Railroad]], of which W. B. Wright served as vice president.
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-*J. S. Glass, editor. ''The Southern Manufacturer'', Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901.
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-[[Category:Lumber companies]] [[Category:Defunct businesses]]