Houston Compress Company
Houston Compress Company was a cotton storage and baling firm located in Houston, Texas. The company was a subsidiary of Anderson, Clayton & Co., a Houston-based cotton merchant firm. Houston Compress Company's warehouse complex was built in 1917. Cotton purchased from Texas and Oklahoma was delivered by railroad to the plant, where it was stored and protected in fire-resistant concrete warehouses. The company's high-density compress machines were used to decrease the size of the cotton bales. The cotton bales were eventually shipped to buyers around the world via the ports of Galveston and Houston.
From the description of Houston Compress Company Photograph album, ca. 1920. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 52614203
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| creatorOf | Houston Compress Company. Houston Compress Company Photograph album, ca. 1920. | Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library | |
| referencedIn | Santa Fe Railroad Collection RG D 004., 1897-1968 | Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Libary |
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| associatedWith | Anderson, Clayton & Co. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Santa Fe Railroad | corporateBody |
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| Houston (Tex.) | |||
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| Cotton |
| Cotton baling |
| Cotton machinery |
| Cotton manufacture |
| Cotton textile industry |
| Cotton trade |
| Cotton trade |
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