The Lucia Barrett Collection: Old documents and photographs taken from glass negatives of the construction of Cowell Portland Cement Plant.
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Concord’s Bicentennial Calendar Pictures On Saturday, August 29, 2009, The Cowell Homeowners Association Board of Directors hosted a ceremony to dedicate the Smokestack Memorial, with Concord’s Mayor Hoffmeister on hand to cut the ceremonial ribbon. I know a lot of people are unhappy that we were not able to save the smokestack, but here is an outstanding opportunity to actually save some history. The Cowell Ranch, along with the Cowell Lime Works, is a fascinating place, since working with limestone sets the stage for the creation of the Cowell Portland Cement Plant, and the Town of Cowell. The Smokestack demolition occurred very quickly, but the work on the memorial has been progressing at a much slower speed. Mr. Larkins has been sending me memorial pictures all summer, and I finally published them on Cowell Historical Society site: http://cowellhistoricalsociety.org/html/memorial.html Here is a picture of Jim Kikker and Tillie Larkins getting their souvenir bricks [...] If you want a brick from the Cowell Smokestack, show up at the Crossings Business Office on Saturday, August 15th, between 9:00 and 11:00 am. Crossings Residents can pick up a brick at the Business Office on Saturday, August 8, between 9 and noon. The Cowell Homeowners Association is ready to distribute bricks from the Smokestack. Amazing aerial photographs of the Cowell Smokestack before it was demolished. The Official Cowell Smokestack Project blog is posting smokestack stories this week. The demolition is complete for all intents and purposes. What remains will become the monument. You can see that the floor has been filled in and tamped down. A floor of bricks will be laid and a pedestal with a plaque will be included. The gravel roadbed will be removed and the landscaping will be [...] The smokestack is down to just a few feet, the bricks are gone, and rumor has it that the demolition crew will be gone after tomorrow Today was a clean-up day at the Smokestack. Today’s Contra Costa Times has a slide show of the Smokestack’s demolition. The Smokestack is no longer visible . . . The crane, along with its pulverizer, is gone. The Crane Crew finished their part of the job about 2:30 this afternoon The second week of demolition has started, and the smokestack is barely visible above the trees. It’s been a busy week It’s the end of the first week, and you can’t even see the smokestack from Ygnacio Valley Road, anymore! |
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