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Location DB > United States > Ohio > Ironton > Alpha Portland Cement Company  Name Alpha Portland Cement Company  Viewing Options Log in to activate viewing options  Database Info created by seicer on 11/28/2004 6:11 AM last modified by seicer on 8/14/2007 12:06 AM  Viewability Publically Viewable This location has been labeled by its creator as Public, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.  Overview  Description Concrete silos, impressive structures.  Basic Information Type: Building Status: Abandoned Accessibility: Moderate Recommendation: not very exciting  Physical Information Address Ironton, Ohio United States Owner: See a map of this location  Hazards rust unsafe flooring flooding water air quality Large holes that could lead to death.  Interesting Features Huge silos, packhouse.  Security Measures Active business on the property. Owner lives just up the street.  Historical Dates Built: 1901 Closed: 1970  Required Equipment flashlight breathing mask gloves long pants / sleeves towelettes  Recommended Equipment  History The Ironton Portland Cement Company was founded in the late-1800's, and produced cement for the Ironton, Ohio region for many years. A complex of buildings, most of which date to 1901, resided on Lorain Street. It was purchased by the Alpha Portland Cement Company in 1920. In May of 1924, two stock houses were constructed by the Macdonald Engineering Company. The last tax appraisal was done in 1968 (external link). The Alpha Portland Cement Company closed on August 20, 1970, for what the company cited "financial reasons." The company further elaborated that terminating operations at "unprofitable" facilities is an essential step in improving the profitability of Alpha's cement division. Releasing the working capital committed to these plants permits management to move ahead with the expansion of its profitable plants and to more effectively manage those areas of high profit potential." Another official stated that "the plants on the Ironton generation cannot complete with the large modern plants of today," noting the fact that the plant was constructed in 1901. The most productive year, as noted by the company, was in the late 1950's. The plant employed 175 people.  Media Coverage  Future Plans The owner eventually plans to demolish the site.  Stories Add your own story  Photo Galleries O.U.U.E. Trip Thu, Jun 9th, 2005 posted by duck219 19 pictures   Add your own photos Mark all galleries as Seen  Web Links Abandoned coverage: http://www.abandon...ndex.php?catid=131  Contribute Edit this Location  Moderator Rating The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location. Category Rating Photography 8 / 10 Coolness 8 / 10 Content Quality 8 / 10  Validation This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Emperor Wang on 8/14/2007 1:49 AM.  Latest Changes on Aug 14 07 at 1:49, Emperor Wang validated this location on Aug 14 07 at 0:06, seicer changed the following: Real Name, Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy, Publically Viewable, Accessibility, Interesting Features, Recommendation, Security Measures, Web Links on Aug 1 06 at 18:02, Emperor Wang validated this location on Jul 31 06 at 15:38, Emperor Wang made this location private on Jul 31 06 at 12:31, Oherian changed the following: Street Address, Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy, Security Measures, Future Plans on Mar 22 06 at 14:38, Avatar-X changed the following: City on Feb 10 06 at 18:06, Avatar-X reverted this location to a previous state on Feb 10 06 at 17:06, seicer deleted 6 pictures from gallery 2001 on Feb 10 06 at 17:06, seicer changed the following: Real Name, Type, Street Address, Latitude, Longitude, Co-ordinate Accuracy, History, Status, Accessibility, Hazards, Interesting Features, Recommendation, Security Measures, Description, Web Links on Jul 29 05 at 15:06, ednothing deleted a gallery  Forum Threads about this Location  Who's been looking? Click here to see who'se been looking.  Report Problems Is this location inappropriate / broken / missing key info? If it's something you can fix, please scroll up and click the EDIT button. If this location was only posted a few days ago, give the creator time to work on it. Please try sending a message directly to the creator of the location. You'll find that info at the top of this page. Otherwise, ONLY if you've already tried to contact the original creator,: Click here to notify an administrator. All content and images copyright © 2002-2023 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 78 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 713547189 pages have been generated.