IronTiger Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 On Interstate 10, the area that is now Marq*E Entertainment Center, a Walmart, and some other stuff, there used to be a huge-looking industrial plant of some sort in the late 1970s! It was downsized (partially demolished) in other shots (1989 and 1995) and completely gone by 2002 (with Marq*E to the south, the clearing of the lot and further development happened later). Cooper Cameron relating to the Former Cameron Iron Works Facility located at 1000 Silber Road in Houston, Harris County, Texas. For comparison, this is what it looks like now. Obviously this used to be something huge, but what was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Cameron Iron Works 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 More info here http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/dkc06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboybud Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Tom Landry worked there in the 1950s during the offseason when he was an assistant coach with the NY Giants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Houston Chronicle's archives was going pretty crazy on me, but I gathered that this plant shuttered in 1986 before the merger (they owned a smaller piece of land nearby on Post Oak, it's residential), and that they also owned a large plant on 290. Regardless, if it closed in 1986 it certainly explained why it was "downsized" by 1989. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 And the "downsizing", as it turns out, was the result of Cooper Cameron slowly dismantling it. The industrial solvents used are slowly decomposing in the soil. Bet it produced a lot of air pollution back in the day, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 What was the address of the facility? It looks like in 1944, the one building on the property that appears to have later been integrated into the complex has an address off of Silber Road, not Old Katy Road. Also, does anyone have any photos of the place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 The main entrance to the plant complex was on Silber, just north of I-10. The administrative office building was just inside the entrance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkHomeFromSchool Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 It's got its own web site. http://www.cameronsilberroad.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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