| Alpha-Numeric Key: | GG-43 |
| Corporate Name: | H & H Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | H & H Lumber Company. Sabine Lumber Company. Hanks Lumber Company. H & H Lumber Company manufactured under the name of Foote Lumber Company. |
| Location: | Kilgore |
| County: | Gregg |
| Years in Operation: | 12 years |
| Start Year: | 1946 |
| End Year: | 1957 |
| Decades: | 1940-1949 |
| Period of Operation: | 1946 to 1957 |
| Town: | Kilgore |
| Company Town: | 0 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Probably 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: | 12000: 1950 |
| Capacity Comments: | About 12,000 to 15,000 feet daily |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | This company began as the Hanks Lumber Company at Kilgore with Earl Hanks as owner. It changed its name to the Sabine Lumber Company, and then very quickly changed it again to H & H Lumber Company, because Earl Hanks took his son, E. E. Hanks, as a partner. The company expanded to Forest by 1947, according to The Jacksonville Journal. The two mills employed about thirty men total in harvesting and milling about 500,000 standing feet of timber. The company used three trucks and four teams in its logging operations in 1947.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 04-19-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |