Alpha-Numeric Key: | AG-48 |
Corporate Name: | Carrol Allen |
Local Name: | |
Owner Name: | Carrol Allen |
Location: | Lufkin |
County: | Angelina |
Years in Operation: | 11 years |
Start Year: | 1960 |
End Year: | 1970 |
Decades: | 1960-1969,1970-1979 |
Period of Operation: | 1960s and 1970s |
Town: | Lufkin |
Company Town: | 2 |
Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
Mill Pond: | |
Type of Mill: | Dimension, studs; highway stakes, ladder stock, pallets, prefab housing components, trusses.
Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
Other |
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Power Source: | Electric
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: | Sawmill with a scragg, chipper |
Company Tram: | |
Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
Historicial Development: | Carrol Allen directed a forest products manufacturing operation at Lufkin during the 1960s and 1970s. Working with pine, it produced dimension and studs and manufactured a variety of products. The plant included a bark product plant. |
Research Date: | MCJ 01-12-96 |
Prepared By: | M. Johnson |