| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-98 |
| Corporate Name: | Cravens Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Cravens Lumber Company of Dallas [possibly bought the W. T Wilson Lumber Company in 1905 or 1906] |
| Location: | Near the railroad, close to the ice plant in Nacogdoches: Fredonia Street and the Texas & New Orleans |
| County: | Nacogdoches |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1906 |
| End Year: | 1910 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919 |
| Period of Operation: | 1906 to 1910 |
| Town: | Nacogdoches |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 1827 in 1905 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Finished lumber
 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: | |
| 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 |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas, Texas & New Orleans |
| Historicial Development: | Cravens Lumber Company acquired a planing mill at Timpson in 1904.
A Sanborn-Perris map of 1906 identifies the Craven Planing Mill at Nacogdoches, located southeast of Fredonia and the Texas & New Orleans intersection. In 1907 the company was listed in the Southern Industrial and Lumber Review as operating a planing mill at Nacogdoches and sawmill and planing mill at Timpson.
In 1910, the Nacogdoches newspaper reported that a new business, a shuttle block factory might be located “beyond the Ice Plant, and this side of the Craven Planer, comprising several acres.” The site was chosen because of its availability to the railroad.
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| Research Date: | JKG 11-2-93, MCJ 40-3-96 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |