oil city iron works industry manufacturing founded corsicana texas 1886 founder john winship headquarters corsicana texas united states products valves pumps gas turbines general oilfield equipment revenue 33.6 million 2007 1 number of employees 255 website http www.ociw.com oil city iron works inc. is an iron foundry in texas . history edit the modern oil city iron works plant grew from a small machine shop and foundry started in corsicana texas in 1866 by john winship 1826 86 to make parts for his cotton gin . he sold the operation in 1886 to businessmen joseph huey 1827 1904 james garitty 1842 1925 and j. e. whiteselle 1851 1915 who named it the corsicana manufacturing company . in 1898 the cotton gin manufacturing division formerly winship manufacturing company and later corsicana manufacturing company was sold to continental gin company 2 and the factory was leased to william clarkson 1858 1941 a south carolina native who came to texas after the civil war . after the sale of the manufacturing division the company functioned as a repair specialist for cotton gins and oil mills in east central texas . clarkson renamed the company the oil city iron works because the area was then in the midst of an oil boom . he bought the company in 1908 and became president after it was incorporated in 1921 . in addition to parts for cotton gins the plant began making castings for the oil and building industries . it was converted to defense production during world war ii 1941 45 . after the war the cotton industry in navarro county declined and oil city iron works diversified its operation to provide castings for the oil field road building farm machinery and other industries . in 1926 the foundry division was completely destroyed by fire . the company rebuilt and business recovered to normal levels by 1927 . 3 in 1960 it pioneered in the usage of ductile iron in herring bone gears for power transmission equipment principally used in deep well pumping units 4 and today supplies major companies around the united states . 5 6 with a workforce of 255 7 the plant now ranks among the fifteen largest employers in navarro county . 8 references edit inc.com http www.inc.com inc5000 2008 company profile.html id 200841870 history of oil city iron works the navarrow county scroll http www.txgenweb6.org txnavarro business oil city iron works history of oil city iron works.htm history of oil city iron works the navarrow county scroll http www.txgenweb6.org txnavarro business oil city iron works history of oil city iron works.htm history of oil city iron works the navarrow county scroll http www.txgenweb6.org txnavarro business oil city iron works history of oil city iron works.htm oil city iron works inc. history http www.ociw.com ociwhistory.html american foundry society http www.afsinc.org content view 777 inc.com oil city iron works company profile http www.inc.com inc5000 2008 company profile.html id 200841870 navarro county texas comprehensive annual financial report for the year ended september 30 2008 http www.co.navarro.tx.us ips export sites navarro downloads 08cafreport.pdf external links edit texas portal city of corsicana navarro county oil city iron works oil city iron works on facebook retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oil city iron works inc. & oldid 532100332 categories manufacturing companies based in texas navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 january 2013 at 03 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view