| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SH-37 |
| Corporate Name: | Center Plywood Corporation |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Center Plywood Corporation. Center Woods Products Company |
| Location: | Center |
| County: | Shelby |
| Years in Operation: | 40 years |
| Start Year: | 1948 |
| End Year: | 1987 |
| Decades: | 1940-1949,1950-1959,1960-1969,1970-1979,1980-1989 |
| Period of Operation: | 1948 to 1987 |
| Town: | Center
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| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | 1948: plywood mill with 66-inch lathes, dryers, presses, panel equalizers. 1952: added planing mill and cold-press.
 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: | |
| Capacity Comments: | 1948: 100,000 feet of glued plywood daily. |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | 1948: plywood mill with 66-inch lathes, dryers, presses, panel equalizers. 1952: added planing mill and cold-press. |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | In 1948, the Center Wood Products Company opened as a box plant at center. In 1952, a cold-press plywood plant was added to the operations, manufacturing plywood from sweet gum and black gum. In 1952, M. L. Anderson sold to Center Woods Products Company its planing mill, including the building, planers, blowers, and a Ross lift truck. In 1956, a hot-press machine was added. The company was incorporated in in 1960 as the Center Plywood Corporation.
The plant was making custom-designed furniture parts by 1968. Raw materials included river birch, hard and soft maple, basswood, sycamore, magnolia, sweetgum, black gum, cottonwood, and box elder. Richard C. Boyette was vice-president and general manager.
The Center Plywood Co., Inc. is listed in the 1987 Forest Products Industries in Texas.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 02-29-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |