Bellefontaine in Logan County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Portland Cement

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 13, 2022

1. Portland Cement Marker

Inscription. Portland cement was produced through his patented wet process of pulverizing and blending the marl to extract the limestone. The resulting product was then burned into a clinker as a continuous high temperature in German kilns and then ground into a fine dust using round flint stones imported from Iceland.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles.

Location. 40° 21.628′ N, 83° 45.58′ W. Marker is in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in Logan County. It is at the intersection of East Court Avenue and South Main Street, on the left when traveling east on East Court Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bellefontaine OH 43311, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bartholomew's Concrete (here, next to this marker); Bartholomew founded the Buckeye Portland Cement Co. (here, next to this marker); Bartholomew utilized a small laboratory (here, next to this marker); George W. Bartholomew (here, next to this marker); George Bartholomew (here, next to this marker); Bartholomew convinced the City of Bellefontaine (here, next to this marker); International Exposition of 1893

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(here, next to this marker); The Bottom Course (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bellefontaine.

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 13, 2022

2. Portland Cement Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 11, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 217 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 11, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.