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Coplay in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Safety Follows Wisdom

Portland Cement Association Safety Trophy

 
 
Safety Follows Wisdom Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 8, 2025
1. Safety Follows Wisdom Marker
Inscription.
Portland Cement Association
Safety Trophy Awarded
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Ormrod Pa. Plant No. 3
for a perfect safety record
in 1928

Reawarded for a perfect safety record
for 1929 · 1931 · 1934 · 1936 · 1956

 
Erected 1928.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the "Safety Follows Wisdom" Portland Cement Association Safety Trophies series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.
 
Location. 40° 40.564′ N, 75° 29.79′ W. Marker is in Coplay, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County. It is on 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is in Saylor Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 299 North 2nd Street, Coplay PA 18037, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Safety Follows Wisdom (here, next to this marker); Saylor Park-Welcome (within shouting distance of this marker); Last of Their Kind (within shouting distance of this marker); Coplay Made Cement: Cement Made Coplay (within shouting distance of this marker); Saving the Kilns (within shouting distance of this
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marker); Saylor Cement Kiln West 1 Preservation Project (within shouting distance of this marker); Discovery of Portland Cement (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lehigh Valley Rock Suitable for Hydraulic Cement (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Coplay.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Coplay Made Cement: Cement Made Coplay (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing).
 
More about this marker. The marker was moved from Lehigh Portland Cement Company Plant No. 3 in Ormrod PA, date unknown.
 
Also see . . .  Lehigh Portland Cement Company. (Submitted on March 10, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Safety Follows Wisdom Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 8, 2025
2. Safety Follows Wisdom Marker
Closest marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 10, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 118 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 10, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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