Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company
- Abstract:
- This collection contains two ledger books from the Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company.
- Extent:
- 2.1 Linear Feet 2 flat boxes, 1 oversize folder
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company records. MS 303. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains two ledger books; Purchase Record, 1909-1921 and Segregated Inventory, 1921-1925, an affidavid, a death notice, and a gold medal certificate from Western Engineering
- Biographical / historical:
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Eleven miles north of Santa Cruz on Highway 1, sits Davenport, the home of Pacific Cement and Aggregates, Inc, since 1965, Lone Star Industries Inc. The company started out in 1906 as the Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company when it bought the ancient kilns and lime strata developed by John Q. Packard and F. W. Billing. By 1907, the company had built its plant on it 6000 acre site about a mile below Davenport Landing, and the name of Davenport was given to the new cement company town that began to develop.
In 1923 the Santa Cruz Portland Cement company purchased a narrow gauge electric railroad from a mine at Juneau, Alaska and installed it at Davenport, improving its method of hauling the limestone from quarry to plant.
By 1934 the company had built tall storage silos at the plant and a steel pier which carried forced air pipes out through the lines, with pumps and air compressors. The Santacruzcement, the first bulk ship on the Pacific Coast and owned by the company, received her first load of cement at the new pier in 1934.
On March 13, 1956, Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company was sold to Pacific Coast Aggregates.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the Younger family.
- Processing information:
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Processed by UCSC OAC Unit, 2006. Updated by Zoe MacLeod, 2024.
- Physical location:
- Stored in Special Collections & Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by the creators and their heirs. Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether a use is fair use, and to obtain any necessary permissions. For more information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy on Reproduction and Use
- Preferred citation:
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Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company records. MS 303. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and Archives, University Library1156 High StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95064, US
- Contact:
- (831) 459-2547