Thanks Blast!

Sue, odds are it is a premix plant you see (near Ak way via.) where they fill the trucks with preset concrete-which 'sport' the big rotating drums you see around town.
Cement plants are VERY industrial and typically not closely surrounded by population.

gimpy

Gimpy, I have one of those mixing plants in my town, and it doesn't look anything like that.

This is the place, the Ash Grove Cement Co.

Sue

Sue,
I apologize and stand corrected. Usually these plants are located near their primary raw material source(limestone)to save on transportation costs. They must barge it in from elsewhere on the sound which is a low cost transportation method.
Typically this type of facility is not a good neighbor because of all the dust generated, which is another good reason for distance.
This goes back to the exceptions to every rule mantra.....

Again, apologies.

gimpy

Susan,

You will see these big domes in metropoliten areas at ship docks such as in Portland, Tacoma, and Seattle where cement is stored for both import and export. In Portland, Oregon, there is one across the Wilamette River from the trendy Pearl District, formerly an industrial and rail center. But there is also a large export wheat storage facility that has been there for many years within a stones throw of the Broadway Bridge and the Memorial Coliseum.

Zoning policy is mainly dictated by profits, not safety.

"Zoning policy is mainly dictated by profits, not safety."

Everything is!


Gimpy, actually I thought it a poor location, myself. Then I realized maybe they put it there deliberately, figuring that sooner or later the Big One will hit, and since that part of Seattle is expected to have the worst damage, they would let Mother Nature mix the concrete in place (shaken, not stirred ), and distribute it in place to stabilize the harbor!

No harm done!

Sue