a gabion wall filled with rock fades in to the distance a gabion cage covers rocks A construction worker pulls stone from the bucket of an excavator. a construction worker places stone in an open gabion basket two construction workers work together to combine empty gabion baskets with steel wire quarry spalls are piled in a rusty steel bin the hands of a construction worker rest on the edge of an open gabion basket filled with rock a gabion basket is filled with quarry spalls and faced with flat Gold Rush stone A low gabion wall surrounds a creek-like drainage area. Butterfly bush flowers jut into frame on the left side. Railroad tracks, overgrown with weeds, run through an alley between warehouses. Cars are parked along the edge of the defunct track. pile of quarry spalls sits on a side street in Tacoma A paved path runs through an alley between warehouses, bordered by a landscaped parking lot and gabion walls filled with ledge rock. A skybridge-like structure adjoins two warehouses above the path. Two beer tanks sit above a tiered gabion wall. The gabion cages are filled with Gold Rush quartzite, a type of rust-colored ledge rock. Two beer tanks sit above a tiered gabion wall that stops at the edge of a blue warehouse. The gabion cages are filled with Gold Rush quartzite, a type of rust-colored ledge rock. A gabion wall runs the length of a fence. The gabion cages are filled with Gold Rush quartzite, a type of rust-colored ledge rock.

Prairie Line Trail

Date: 2024–2026
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Description

The Prairie Line Trail in Tacoma repurposes part of a historic Northern Pacific Railroad line to connect downtown to the Thea Foss Waterway. Washington Rock contributed quarry spalls for the construction of gabion baskets along South Hood Street.

Materials

240 tons of 4"–8" Quarry Spalls
75 tons of 1¼” Minus
16 tons of 1¼” Clean

Highlights

Washington Rock's quarry spalls make up the foundational structure of the gabion baskets, which are faced with Gold Rush quartzite. Washington Rock also contributed gravel products.

Read all about the project in our blog article, "Exploring Tacoma's Prairie Line Trail."

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