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Eugene Sand & Gravel has been
bringing quality sand and gravel products to our community for over
one hundred years. We've been "Rockin' Lane County since
1900."
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In the late 1800's our facilities were located in
what is now Skinner's Butte Park, on the south bank of the Willamette
River. Back then; aggregates were extracted from the active
river channel and were processed there on site. Each winter's
floods replenished a supply of new aggregates. |
| After operations were discontinued at this site,
it was restored (reclaimed). Many of our former operations areas
are now some of Eugene's favorite places, like Skinners Butte
Park. |
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Many of Eugene's concrete streets were built in
the early 1920's with sand and gravel products provided by Eugene
Sand & Gravel. Most of these streets remain in service today
and continue to provide long lasting service. |
| We are proud of our long history as an equal opportunity
employer but are not sure this uniform from 1911 would meet
current OSHA regulations. |
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In the early 1900's, operations moved a mile upstream and
were located at the end of East end of Eighth Street. Initially
aggregates came from the river channel but as our community
grew, so did the demand for sand and gravel products.
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| New upland sites then provided additional raw aggregates
resources. The Alton Baker Park area, the Autzen Stadium area,
the Valley River Center area, and the Delta Ponds area all provided
aggregates to our community until the early 1960's. |
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It's the natural progression of our industry to use up the
aggregate resource in an area, reclaim the land to another
use and then move on to a new area. We've done this at least
six times during our history. Alton Baker Park as it looks
today was a former operations area of our company.
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| As our community grew, the demand for our products
continued to increase and in the mid 1960's we moved to our
current location located at the intersection of the Delta Highway
and Beltline. |
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Since then our aggregates have been produced from areas upland
of the confluence of the McKenzie River and the Willamette
River.
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| Today, our resource area is being reclaimed concurrent
with our mining operation creating a rich wildlife and natural
habitat area. |
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Our future aggregate reserves will come from a new site located
on River Road. This new site will provide quality products
to our community for the next 30 to 40 years. This site will
be reclaimed into a rich wildlife area complete with islands,
peninsulas and other features creating a new diverse habitat
resource area and will help to reestablish the "spongy
fringe" which was once prevalent along the Willamette
River system.
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