Union Cypress Company

The Union Cypress Company operated a three-story double-band sawmill in Melbourne, Florida, built in 1912.

From there, where the logging operation was based, branch lines fanned out into the bald cypress swamps.

A new fireproof mill was begun but never completed, and the company shut down in 1925 after George W. Hopkins died.

In 1924, the company received a contract to provide lumber for the first bridge between Titusville and Merritt Island.

Many supports from the old trestle across the St. Johns River remain, as do a few of the old company buildings at the Melbourne end.