Bay Colony Millis Line

Does anyone re-call when Dragon Cement closes for their plant maintenance ??

Update Sun.,19 Feb. 2017

The Spur is clear of cars.

The snow covered 1701 in her nest looking for work

craven wrote:Does anyone re-call when Dragon Cement closes for their plant maintenance ??

Don't know but it appears their web site has "gone dark".. http://www.dragonproducts.com/ Not an encouraging sign..

Works for me.
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doublebell wrote:Works for me.
John, the guy in the blue car with the wing on back

Oh, okay, Didn't see the tiny "This Page Is Under Construction - Coming Soon!".. So far the links mimic a url that's been "parked" pending sale or after the registration expired..

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It's a completely blank page when I try to view it.

Try this link:

http://www.dragonalfacement.com/news.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That Dragon is based in the UK. Is that the same Dragon we're discussing here?

Hmmmmm.. Just might be on to something.. This page from the parent corporation's web site would lead me to believe there is a connection..

Trying to dig deeper but even the link from Giant Cement Company's website (another U.S. subsidiary) turns up the same dead end..

The Thomaston plant is still in operation. This plant is part of Giant Cement Holdings, which is owned by the same company that owns Giant, in Great Britain.

Actually it's all part of "Grupo Cementos Portland Valderrivas" which is a Spanish based corporation., of which their website was also linked in my previous post..

Good thread. I just figured out that Elementia bought a 55% stake in the Giant Cement Holdings piece of Grupo Cementos Portland Valderrivas. So Thomaston is now an Elementia-flagged plant. See below, this news is only a couple of months old, hence the original website going away:

http://www.concreteproducts.com/news/10 ... MGG1fnyuHs

Also, someone asked when Thomaston goes through its annual winter shutdown. I've never been to that plant but typically shutdowns of the burning lines (kilns) are done Feb-Mar, longer (earlier) than that if the market is soft and there's nowhere to put clinker. Finish mills can go down separately or concurrently to the kilns but typically they require less annual WTA (winter turnaround) work.

JAJ

Nice detective work! FWIW Glassdoor lists a couple of job opening.. Concrete Tech in Thomaston and Outside Sales in Boston.. So they must be alive and well..

Update Sat., 11 Mar. 2017

The Spur is clear of cars.

Doing some research I came across your posts on Medfield Junction

Bay State Colony, abandoned the rail that runs from approximately Kingsbury Club to Needham-Dover line. That means the MBTA now controls this line. Bay Colony still controls the line from Kingsbury westward through Millis (see behind the old GAF factory for example). Some other things to note:
- part of the track running fr MJ is now paved over where it crosses road at grade (see Harding St, Medfield)
- the next town east is Dover & it still is working towards a rail trail; last yr's vote is still an issue
- Thus there will be no MBTA commuter rail through these towns

Millis - where folks keep asking about the Bay Colony:
- there are 2 GAF factories (old and new) - both still for sale; the newer facility should sell or be released at some point
- the old GAF factory is troublesome issue for Millis planning board; they have done at least one study and the most logical is multifamily-condo's but GAF's price has been way too high; it has been mentioned that it would become a location for a big box but that doesn't make sense because there are big boxes west in Bellingham at 495 and strip malls in Medway. There is insufficient foot traffic in this area and Millis citizens will put up very big fight against such a project