Tag Archives: Logan Quarry
The First Decade of Operations at Logan Quarry
Rose Ann Woolpert
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 2:01 pm
The second in a series on the history of Logan Quarry by Robert Cozzens, who worked with Graniterock for over 62 years, this excerpt is taken from a history he created in 1974. Hand work at the Quarry was brutal and far too slow, and it was clearly necessary to mechanize production. In 1901, [...]
Getting Started at Logan Quarry, as Told by Robert Cozzens
Rose Ann Woolpert
Monday, April 30, 2012, 3:31 pm
Robert Cozzens started work at Granite Rock Company’s Logan Quarry in 1916. Over his long career with Graniterock, Bob worked for Company founder A.R. Wilson, his son Jeff and widow Anna, and for Bruce and Betsy Woolpert. Bob spent his first four years with the Company living in the Quarry Bunkhouse, and filled many roles [...]
Early Quarry Housing
Rose Ann Woolpert
Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 3:48 pm
Throughout its 111 year history, Granite Rock Company has had family ties that have gone beyond the workplace and extended to connect with the lives of its people and communities. In the 1920’s, Granite Rock Company built a number of houses near the entrance to Logan Quarry (now named the A.R. Wilson Quarry). These served [...]
Back in Time
Rose Ann Woolpert
Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 7:00 pm
100 years ago, in 1911, Granite Rock Company installed a new “Number 8” crushing plant at the Arthur R. Wilson Quarry in Aromas, then known as Logan Quarry, named after Judge Logan’s nearby railroad stop. A No. 7 ½ plant was already in operation, and together the two crushers were able to produce 2,000 [...]
