| Alpha-Numeric Key: | BO-91 |
| Corporate Name: | Twin City Shingle & Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Twin City Shingle & Lumber Company |
| Location: | Texarkana |
| County: | Bowie |
| Years in Operation: | 32 years |
| Start Year: | 1926 |
| End Year: | 1957 |
| Decades: | 1920-1929,1930-1939,1940-1949,1950-1959 |
| Period of Operation: | 1926 to 1957 |
| Town: | Texarkana |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 33,000 in 1928 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Longleaf and shortleaf pine
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
 Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Unknown
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
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| Maximum Capacity: | 10000: 1928 |
| Capacity Comments: | 10,000 feet daily in 1928 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | 1928: circular sawmill, edgers, trimmers. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Kansas City Southern, Missouri Pacific, Texas & Pacific, St Louis Southwestern |
| Historicial Development: | Twin City Lumber & Shingle Company was listed in a trade publication at Texarkana in 1926 in the Industrial Survey of Texarkana, Ark.-Tex., and Bowie and Miller Counties and in the Southern Lumberman's Directory of American Saw Mills and Planing Mills. It was producing pine products and shingles. It was also listed in the 1957 edition of the Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas.
It is not known if the Twin City Lumber Company, organized about 1904, was the predecessor to this outfit.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 03-08-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |