The International Portland Cement Company's plant
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The International Portland Cement Plant near Lakeview. This plant was known as “the Cement”. The underground quarry relied on manual labor of crews of over 100 men. Many of the men were Greeks, Italians, Bulgarians and Austrians. Courtesy of the Museum of North Idaho.
This file appears in: Cooking Lime in Bayview, Idaho: The limestone business of North Idaho
Cooking Lime in Bayview, Idaho: The limestone business of North Idaho
Limestone is one of the popular mining products of the Lakeview and Bayview area. The limestone was cooked in kilns in Bayview to start the process of turning it into concrete.