Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-16 |
Corporate Name: | Nacogdoches Oil & Development Company |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Nacogdoches Oil & Development Company |
Location: | Southeast of Nacogdoches at Hampton on 2259 and Fairfield Road |
County: | Nacogdoches |
Years in Operation: | 2 years |
Start Year: | 1905 |
End Year: | 1906 |
Decades: | 1900-1909 |
Period of Operation: | Probably no later than 1906 |
Town: | Hampton Switch, southeast of Nacogdoches |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Timbers for local oil industry
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: | 40000: 1906 |
Capacity Comments: | 40,000 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: | Circular sawmill |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Nacogdoches and Southeastern Railway (owned by Hayward Lumber Co) |
Historicial Development: | This was a company owned by a group of local investors including company officers of both Hayward Lumber Company and Nacogdoches Lumber Co to exploit the Oil Springs and Trawick oil fields. It was not listed in the 1907 Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association. The sawmill provided timbers and rigs for the oil industry. Product would have been shipped over the tracks of the Hayward Lumber Company shortline, the Nacogdoches and Southeastern Railway. |
Research Date: | LAT 08-08-93, JKG 12-15-93, MCJ 02-10-96 |
Prepared By: | L. Turner, J. Gerland, M. Johnson |