[Dewey Portland Cement Concrete Volume Computer]
Book details
- Title
- [Dewey Portland Cement Concrete Volume Computer]
- Author
- Martin Marietta
- Publication year listed
- 1900
- Format
- Public domain eBook
- Reading access
- Free online reader; no registration required
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- View on Archive.org
About this book
[Dewey Portland Cement Concrete Volume Computer]
Year: 1900
A slide ruler that was used to compute how much concrete was needed to fill a certain size area. The Dewey-Portland Cement Plant 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.