Washington Rock Quarries was recently featured in the July 2024 issue of Rock Products Magazine.
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Please take note of the following closures at all of our locations:
Fourth of July Closures
- Thursday, July 4, 2024: Closed
- Friday, July 5, 2024: Closed
- Saturday, July 6, 2024: Closed
- Sunday, July 7, 2024: Closed
With no other place to go, a mother pulls her van into a newly graveled lot. It doesn’t look like much, but it’s a godsend. It’s lit with a streetlight, and there’s running water, portable bathrooms, and outlets where she can charge her phone.
The entire lot is fenced, and the gate locks at night. Her kids can play in the field nearby. In the morning, there will be a hot meal ready at the church next door, and her whole family will be given bagged lunches filled with sandwiches, fruit, chips, drinks, and treats.
…ContinuedWashington Rock Quarries is pleased to announce our 2024 scholarship winner, Orting High School senior Emilly Kneeland.
…ContinuedPlease take note of the following closures at all of our locations:
Memorial Day Weekend Closures
- Saturday, May 25, 2024: Closed
- Sunday, May 26, 2024: Closed
- Monday, May 27, 2024: Closed
Over 12,000 guests visited Dozer Day Seattle 2024. The event ran from Saturday, May 18th to Sunday, May 19th at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup.
…ContinuedWashington Rock Quarries is pleased to announce that we will be attending the Puyallup Farmer’s Market and Dozer Day again this year. We are also sponsoring the Meeker Days Sandbox as in previous years. Check out event dates and descriptions below.
…ContinuedWashington Rock’s popular Sand and Slide booth returns to Dozer Day Seattle 2024 with a dinosaur theme.
…ContinuedOn the plus side: manufacturers claim that landscape fabric can save on resources, whether that’s water spent on plants, money spent on renewing gravel surfaces, or time spent fixing potholes.
On the negative side: landscape fabric might be overkill for larger applications like gravel driveways unless the soil needs reinforcement. It’s also a questionable and potentially irksome solution for long-term weed suppression.
To help you decide whether or not to use landscape fabric, we’ll cover the reasons you might use landscape fabric and the reasons you might not. Then we’ll go into more detail about where it can be used and which varieties are available.
…ContinuedPlease take note of the following closures at all of our locations, including King Creek Pit, Kapowsin Quarry, the mechanics shop, and the main office:
Christmas Weekend Closures
- Saturday, December 23, 2023
- Sunday, December 24, 2023
- Monday, December 25, 2023
- Tuesday, December 26, 2023
We reopen with regular business hours on Wednesday, December 27, 2023.
New Year’s Weekend Closures
- Saturday, December 30, 2023
- Sunday, December 31, 2023
- Monday, January 1, 2024
Please take note of the following closures at all of our locations, including King Creek Pit, Kapowsin Quarry, the mechanics shop, and the main office:
Thanksgiving Weekend Closures
- Thursday, November 23, 2023: Closed
- Friday, November 24, 2023: Closed
- Saturday, November 25, 2023: Closed
- Sunday, November 26, 2023: Closed
You would probably recognize the Carnation name off of a can of sweetened condensed milk. After all, that’s the origin of the town’s name. But some locals prefer the original name: Tolt.
Occupying just over one square mile with a population of 2,220, you wouldn’t be the first to dismiss Carnation as a blip on a map. For the past century, the main street of Tolt Avenue has been less of a Disneyland-kind-of main street and more of a rugged thoroughfare. But over the years, passionate Carnationites banded together to elevate Tolt Avenue to the charming main street it is today.
…ContinuedMillions of acres of American wetlands have been destroyed since the late 1700s, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Early settlers viewed wetlands as disease-ridden swamps that impeded travel and agricultural development. Their solution was to drain the wetlands and turn them into farmable land.
In the mid 1960s, the port was growing in Tacoma. Shipping channels were being expanded, and more land was needed for industrial activities. Like many wetlands in the area, Wapato Creek was diverted into a channelized ditch. Its former path was filled with material removed from the waterways, solving both the need for expanded waterways and more land. The channelized ditch ran along 12th Street East in Fife, then followed Alexander Avenue west to a culvert that feeds into Blair Waterway.
…ContinuedPlease take note of the following closures at all of our locations, including King Creek Pit, Kapowsin Quarry, the mechanics shop, and the main office:
Labor Day Weekend Closures
- Saturday, September 2, 2023: Closed
- Sunday, September 3, 2023: Closed
- Monday, September 4, 2023: Closed
Gravel grid installation can be time-consuming and labor-intensive, so it’s important to purchase a product that can withstand the test of time. So how do you determine which product to use? We offer guidance in this article.
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