| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-3 |
| Corporate Name: | Nacogdoches Lumber & Crate Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Nacogdoches Lumber & Crate Company with Frank Bridwell, later J. G.s Bowls. |
| Location: | Nacogdoches: west of South Fredonia and the railroad crossing |
| County: | Nacogdoches |
| Years in Operation: | 6 years |
| Start Year: | 1902 |
| End Year: | 1907 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | 1902 to 1907 |
| Town: | Nacogdoches |
| Company Town: | 0 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Primarily shipping crates for local tobacco, fruit, and vegetable growers
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
 Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam
| 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: | 20000: 1906 |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Planing mill, box and crate factory |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas & New Orleans Railway, Houston East and West Texas Railroad |
| Historicial Development: | The newspaper noted in December 1901 that a box factory would be built in Nacogdoches on South Fredonia at the Houston East and West Texas railroad crossing. Frank Bridwell had purchased in Birmingham, Alabama, machinery for the new box factory, which would be operating very soon. J. G. Bowls owned the company by September 1903.
The company was listed as Nacogdoches Crate & Lumber Company in 1905. The 1907 Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association listed it at Nacogdoches.
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| Research Date: | LT 08-08-93, JKG 12-15-93, MCJ 4-03-96 |
| Prepared By: | L. Turner, J. Gerland, M. Johnson |