| Alpha-Numeric Key: | MO-184 |
| Corporate Name: | O. F. Adams Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | O. F. Adams Lumber Company. Adams Lumber Company and Hub Lumber Company. W. H. Phillips and O. F. Adams and C. C. Lipe, Jr. |
| Location: | Three and a half miles north of Conroe |
| County: | Montgomery |
| Years in Operation: | 12 years |
| Start Year: | 1946 |
| End Year: | 1957 |
| Decades: | 1940-1949,1950-1959 |
| Period of Operation: | 1946 to about 1957 |
| Town: | Conroe. |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 7,298 in 1950 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Pine lumber
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 1953: diesel and electricity
| 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: | 25000: 1946 |
| Capacity Comments: | 25,000 daily in 1946 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | 1946: Sawmill with plans to erect a planing mill. 1951: added a planer. 1953: Hub Lumber equipment, including a complete sawmill and a complete planing mill. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | The Adams Lumber Company was formed in 1946 with a site three and a half miles north of Conroe on Highway 75. The company was constructing a sawmill with plans to later erect a planing mill. The daily cutting capacity of the sawmill was to be 25,000 feet. The original incorporators of Adams Lumber Company were W. H. Phillips and O. F. Adams, both of Nacogdoches, and C. C. Lipe, Jr., of Huntsville and formerly of Conroe. O. F. Adams improved his equipment when he purchased on March 16, 1951, from J. E. Brown a Woods planer, a shed, one office, a diesel engine, an International tractor, and three wagons.
This lumber company appeared in the 1957 edition of Nelson T. Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas as the O. F. Adams Lumber Company |
| Research Date: | MCJ 03-20-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |