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The '''W. B. Wright Company''' was a lumbering firm operated by [[William Benjamin Wright]].
The business company was initially established in [[1872]] by Wright's father, [[George Washington Wright]], who retired in [[1888]]. W. B. incorporated continued the business and incorporated it 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 company owned two tugboats (''Columbia'' and ''The Southern ManufacturerHercules'') and a fleet of lighters. It could also transport lumber to its mills via the [[Yellow River Railroad]], Volume V, Number 3of which W. B. New Orleans: June 1901Wright served as vice president.</ref>
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==References==
{{reflistrefbegin}}*J. S. Glass, editor. ''The Southern Manufacturer'', Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901.{{refend}}
