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the old Kilgore Ceramics plant  
   

the old Kilgore Ceramics plant

East Texas – Day 9

June 7th 2011
We spent the night in Tyler and were just a hop, skip and jump from our next stop, Kilgore. Our time in Kilgore was a high water mark of this road trip as we saw some old friends. If you ever had anything to do with the plumbing industry (I did), you can’t think of Kilgore, TX without thinking of Kilgore Ceramics. Kilgore Ceramics was a major plumbing manufacturer in Texas that had distribution ... read more
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18th February 2013

tile
I am wondering if any of you could tell me about the tile I have in a house we are trying to buy. The house was built in 1949 and I have been told the tile is from Kilgore ceramics. One of the colors is a light blue and the other is a light pink. I want to keep this part of history in this house, but would like to know what the true names were and if I can get more if the contractor should damage any when we remodel. The house is in Henderson, Tx. I realize you did not work there, but maybe you could lead me in the right direction to get a little more history on these tiles.

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