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  2. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Owens Quarry, a limestone quarry and crusher plant near Marion, Ohio, around which the community of Owens, Ohio grew. Ridgeway Site, in Hardin County, Ohio, a former archaeological site which, during excavation of its gravel, yielded numerous artifacts and buried bodies of the Glacial Kame culture, for which it is the type site.

  3. Julian and Kokenge Company - Wikipedia

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    The building was the manufacturing plant of the Julian and Kokenge Co., a shoe company founded in Cincinnati in 1893. The company relocated to Columbus, constructing the building in 1921, designed by the Frank Hill Smith Co. of Dayton. The shoe company was headquartered here until shuttering in 1975. [2]

  4. Cement industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Most cement plants are located close to the limestone deposits. Thirty-four states have cement manufacturing plants. In 2013, the five leading cement-producing states, in descending order, were: Texas, California, Missouri, Florida, and Alabama. Together, the five accounted for almost half of US cement production.

  5. Vulcan Materials Company - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, Vulcan acquired 11 aggregates operations and five asphalt plants in Arizona, Georgia, Indiana and Tennessee. On February 19, 2007, Vulcan announced that it would buy stone and cement producer Florida Rock Industries for $4.7 billion. [6] [7] Vulcan completed the acquisition of Florida Rock on November 16, 2007. [8]

  6. Eagle Materials - Wikipedia

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    In September 2012, the company acquired plants in Sugar Creek, Missouri and Tulsa, Oklahoma from Lafarge for $446 million. [5] In October 2014, the company acquired CRS Proppants LLC, a frac sand supplier, for $225 million. [6] In February 2017, the company acquired a cement plant in Fairborn, Ohio from Cemex for $400 million. [7]

  7. CalPortland Company - Wikipedia

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    A warehouse was completed in 1897 to provide storage for up to 10,000 barrels of cement, and by this time the plant had a monthly payroll of $2,000 ($73,248 in 2023). [6] In 1949, the company opened a plant in Rillito, Arizona, under the name Arizona Portland Cement. [4] A third cement plant, in Mojave, California, began production in 1956. [4]

  8. Ash Grove Cement Company - Wikipedia

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    It was the largest US-owned cement company until it was acquired in 2018 by CRH plc, a global building materials business headquartered in Ireland. [1] The company was established in 1882 at Ash Grove, Missouri, as the Ash Grove White Lime Association. It commenced cement manufacture in 1908, with a plant at Chanute, Kansas. It now has cement ...

  9. List of the oldest buildings in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Location First built Use Notes Old Stone Fort (Cushocton, Ohio) Coshocton, Ohio: ca. 1679-1700s Unknown Believed to have been built by "d’ Iberville, LaSalle’s successor who built French forts in the Mississippi Valley from 1679- 1689.