[Davenport Cement Company brochure]

[Davenport Cement Company brochure]

Year: 1900

The plant described in this brochure had updates completed in December of 1981. The brochure explains the complete process the Davenport Cement Company in Buffalo, IA uses to make cement, including photos and diagrams. At the end of the brochure it explains that the Davenport Cement Company is part of the Cementia Group which has other plants in the United States and other parts of the world. The original cement plant was the Dewey-Portland Cement Plant and was built along Highway 22 near Buffalo, IA and opened in 1927. According to the book Buffalo, Then and Now , it brought the modern age to Buffalo in the form of mass production. By 1951 the majority of the working population of Buffalo was employed at Dewey-Portland. In 1957 the land it is on was annexed by the town. In 1962, Dewey-Portland was bought out by Martin-Marietta and in 1983 Martin-Marietta was bought out by Cementia. The plant is currently owned by Continental Cement. NOTE: The physical item can be found at the Buffalo Historical Museum at 409 3rd St. in Buffalo, IA.