Las Sabinas, Volume 6, Number 3, July 1980 Page: 31
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business being drawn in these lines from an extensive
territory in East Texas and Western Louisiana. This
company is the sole manufacturer of the Moran patent
hot-air dry kiln and Moran patent back-plate, installed
for many saw mill plants in this section.
The castings turned out by this foundry are of
extra good quality gray iron and are noted for their
strength and durability. The machine shop equipment
is adequate for the finishing of castings of all sizes
very promptly. The pattern shop is well equipped and
in charge of capable pattern-makers.
The proprietor, Charles W. MacFarlane, is himself
a thoroughly capable mechanic, who has been identified
with the plant since its beginning, 32 years ago, and
sole owner of it for the last 20 years. Mr. MacFarlane
gives the operation of the plant his personal attention
in all of its detail and every feature is kept strictly
modern and up-to-date.
CHARLES WALTER MAC FARLANE
1859 - 1932
A native of Canada, Charles W. MacFarlane came
to Texas from St. John, New Brunswick, to carry on the
family tradition of iron working.
On arrival in Texas, he and a cousin named Greives
established the Orange Iron Works and the Beaumont Iron
Works.
In an article written in 1976 by MacFarlane's
daughter, Blance MacFarlane Sims of Orange and published
in the Opportunity Valley News, we learn that the
MacFarlane clan originated in Glasgow, Scotland and
were rooted in the iron working craft.
Mrs. Sims noted : "He came to Texas from St. John,
New Brunswick, Canada as a young man in his twenties. He31
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 6, Number 3, July 1980, periodical, July 1980; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255462/m1/38/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Orange County Historical Society.