| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HO-139 |
| Corporate Name: | Texoak Flooring Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Texoak Flooring Company. 1946: John Lingold, owner; Bill Lingold, (son) manager. |
| Location: | Crockett: North Durrett and Spence |
| County: | Houston |
| Years in Operation: | 21 years |
| Start Year: | 1946 |
| End Year: | 1966 |
| Decades: | 1940-1949,1950-1959,1960-1969 |
| Period of Operation: | 1946 to 1966 |
| Town: | Crockett |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 5,932 in 1950 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Flooring, lumber, and ties in 1958; in 1960, flooring, furniture dimension and glued up stock; in 1966, plus kiln dried lumber, railroad ties.
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
 Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | From electric in 1949 to steam, electric and diesel by 1966.
| 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: | 60000: 1958 35000: 1966 |
| Capacity Comments: | 1949: 215,237 linear feet in ten hours. From 60,000 feet in 1958 to 30,000 feet in 1960 to 35,000 feet in 1966. |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | 1949: no sawmill, dry kilns, planers, gang ripsaws, Woods side-matcher, two end-matchers. 1966-circular, resaw, edger |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | The Texoak Flooring Company began in 1946 at Crockett. By 1949, it produced hardwood floorings, including tongue and groove floorings, parquet flooring, stair treads and risers, thresholds, and semi-dimension for furniture factories. John Lingold, a veteran sawmiller from Cass County, headed Texoak. The mill produced 6,273,739 board feet of lumber during 1960.
In 1966, the plant could work cottonwood, oak, ash, gum, elm, southern pine, walnut, and sycamore, with its additional equipment of a glue jointer, two lift trucks, three dry kilns, one hog, two compressors, and three company-owned lumber trucks.
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| Research Date: | JKG 12-9-93, MCJ 02-21-96 |
| Prepared By: | J. Gerland, M. Johnson |