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Exploring 50 acres of land where the Jacobi Lumber Company had it's mills. Jacobi Lumber Co. - Molino (Escambia County)

In 1910 and 1912 they had a 10 mile logging railroad with a 50,000 foot capacity mill. In 1917 and 1920 the logging railroad shows as 8 miles. In 1924 they had a 15 mile logging railroad with a 70,000 foot capacity mill. Before the Jacobi Lumber Company was in business, the land on which the mills were located on were operated by the firm name of Molino Brick & Lumber Company. Then the site was occupied by the name of Jacobi & Son Lumber Company, up until the name was changed to the Jacobi Lumber Company. The primary share holder of the company was a man by the name of Peter Kuntz who was a multi-millionaire lumberman from ohio. The Jacobi Lumber Company was liquidated in the year of 1929, and the structures were all dismantled.