Title:
Concrete in the Crescent City
Author(s):
Mark A. Cheek
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
27
Issue:
10
Appears on pages(s):
61-63
Keywords:
ready mixed concrete; history; construction materials; New Orleans
DOI:
Date:
10/1/2005
Abstract:
Most concrete companies in New Orleans started as family-owned construction materials supply houses and naturally evolved into ready mixed concrete sales. Several of these companies grew into multi-plant concrete suppliers. This article traces the history of the ready mixed concrete industry in New Orleans from its beginning in the 1870s.