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The Westport Paving Brick Company of Baltimore reopened one of the slate quarries from 1913-1937; company records from 1922 show 120 tons of slate and shale being shipped daily. After about 1925, the easy availability of automobiles led to the death of the railroad.
Chile Bar Slate company quarry, off of highway CA193 next to the American River near Placerville, California; Limestone quarry near Auburn, California of the Mountain Quarries Company of San Francisco, a subsidiary of Pacific Portland Cement Company, near confluence of the North Fork and the Middle Fork of the American River.
The western end of the building (2017) The Flour and Grain Exchange Building is a 19th-century office building in Boston.Located at 177 Milk Street in the Custom House District, at the edge of the Financial District near the waterfront, it is distinguished by the large black slate conical roof at its western end.
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By 1880, the population reached 1,451, and industries included a marble, granite and slate works, and a maker of boots and shoes. [4] In 1891, the woolen mill was built, and the Aroostook Condensed Milk Company founded. The latter became the Maine Condensed Milk Company in 1894, then Borden's Condensed Milk Company in 1902. [5]
The family used a horse and milk float to deliver milk to their neighbors, beginning in 1927, after Peter J. Oberweis invested in half of the business of the Big Woods Dairy. [6] During the Great Depression, Peter's son Joe dropped out of high school to help run the business. [7]
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