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Lufkin is a provider of rod lift products, automated control and optimization equipment and software for rod lift equipment to the oil and gas industry. It was an independent company until being acquired by GE Oil & Gas in July 2013, which later merged with Baker Hughes to create Baker Hughes , a GE Company (BHGE).
Throughout its history Lufkin patented a variety of devices and manufacturing processes. US 149321 , Lufkin, Edward Taylor, "Improvement in Board Measures", issued April 7, 1874 US 272279 , Lufkin, Edward Taylor, "Headed Lumber Rule", issued February 13, 1883
The Virginia Manufactory of Arms was a state-owned firearms manufacturer and arsenal in what is today Richmond, Virginia. It was established by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1798 to supply the Virginia militia with firearms and related items such as swords and bayonets.
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At the start of the American Civil War, the Confederacy suffered from a lack of resources with the capability to produce small arms weapons. Virginia appropriated funds to modernize the Old State Armory building in Richmond with arms-making machinery manufactured in England, but the confrontation at Fort Sumter initiated the Union blockade which prevented delivery of the machinery.
[12] [13] In 1983, Rheem introduced the Richmond Water Heaters brand, positioned to sell at hardware stores and home improvement centers. [12] In 1984, Rheem was acquired by Pace Industries, Inc. [12] The company discontinued containers in 1985, ending 60 years making steel drums and other containers. [12]
The Lufkin Daily News was the first daily newspaper in Lufkin, founded in 1906 [2] by Charles L. Schless, who came to the city from Chicago to begin the afternoon publication. In 1909, he organized local stockholders to form a company and bought the Lufkin Tribune, a weekly in operation since 1887. Schless left Lufkin in 1912, and the company ...
The Ellen Trout Zoo is a small zoo founded by Walter Trout in 1967 and located in Lufkin, Texas, United States.The zoo gets about 150,000 visitors a year. [3] It is currently owned and operated by the City of Lufkin, with Friends of Ellen Trout Zoo (F.O.E.T.Z.) (a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization) supporting it with funding for major expansion and renovation projects in the Zoo's master plan.