County: McPherson

Date: July 1961

Photographer: Grace Muilenburg/KGS

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Short description: Buildex, Inc. at Marquette produces expanded shale lightweight aggregate——a lightweight ceramic material produced by expanding and vitrifying shale in a rotary kiln. It used in the production masonry, concrete, and asphalt chip seals.

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