@ Carol
Author: Howard
Date: 11-03-2012 - 16:18
Carol L. Voss Wrote:
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> Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
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> > Howard -- thanks so much for the great photos!
> > Very infornative, as usual. I, too, hope that
> > GraniteRock will, indeed reopen that plant and
> > use the line. Great news!
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> I thought the cement plant was owned by Cemex, a
> Mexican company. IIRC, it was shut down because
> the people of Santa Cruz believed that it was
> putting chromium chloride (or something like that)
> cancer causing chemicals in the air. Same
> accusation is being made by the neighbors of the
> Permanente plant (also owned by Cemex) in
> Cupertino west of San Jose.
> C.
Carol,
Cemex owns the cement plant. Granite Rock owns the sand plant next to Wilder Ranch.
Howard