Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: AG-151
Corporate Name: Temple-Inland Forest Products, Inc.
Local Name:
Owner Name: Temple Industries, Inc.
Location: Diboll
County: Angelina
Years in Operation: 27 years
Start Year: 1970
End Year: 1996
Decades: 1970-1979,1980-1989,1990-1999
Period of Operation: 1970 to 1996
Town: Diboll
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Trailers
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Electric
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 
Capacity Comments: Unknown
Produced:
Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers
Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading
Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board
Treated Other
Equipment: Trailer factory
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Texas & Southeastern
Historicial Development: The decade of the 1960s witnessed at Temple Industries the addition of a plywood plant, a particle-board plant, a fiberboard plant, and the building of an ultra-modern sawmill facility. In 1969, the company announced it would construct a trailer plant at the Diboll complex. The Gulf Coast Lumberman & Building Materials Distributor reported that the trailer plant would open in June 1970. In 1990, it had nine operations, including five in Texas. Diboll still had a sawmill, working with panels and woodlands.
Research Date: MCJ 6-29-94
Prepared By: M. Johnson