Inventory of the Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company Records MS.303

UCSC OAC Unit; Zoe MacLeod
University of California, Santa Cruz
2024
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu


Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company records
Creator: Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company
Identifier/Call Number: MS.303
Physical Description: 2.1 Linear Feet 2 flat boxes, 1 oversize folder
Date (inclusive): 1909-1940
Abstract: This collection contains two ledger books from the Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company.
Physical Location: Stored in Special Collections & Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Language of Material: English .

Access Restrictions

Collection open for research.

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Younger family.

Organization History

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.

Preferred Citation

Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company records. MS 303. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Processing Information

Processed by UCSC OAC Unit, 2006. Updated by Zoe MacLeod, 2024.

Scope and Content of Collection

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

User Restrictions

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

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Portland cement
Mineral industries -- California -- Santa Cruz County
Cement plants -- California -- Davenport -- Business records
Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company

Box 1, Folder 1

Miscellaneous business records 1928-1930

Box 1, Folder 2

Affidavit: Julius Viviani vs. Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company 1940 August

Box 1

Purchase Record no.1 1909-1921

Physical Description:
Dimensions note: 19" x 17.5" x 3"
Box 2

Segregated Inventory 1921 March 21 - 1925 June

Physical Description:
Dimensions note: 24" x 16" x 1.5"
Drawer D-7, Folder 1

Gold medal certificate from Western Engineering undated

Drawer D-7, Folder 1

Llewellyn Bachman death notice - Pacific Portland Cement Company 1927