On a whim headed up Route 611 on Friday around Martins Creek (PA) and found Ardent Mills CAGX 608 shuffling some of that yard's covered hoppers in what once was Alpha Cement's facility. It is now part of the Ardent Mills facilities here in Martins Creek. When Alpha Cement closed in 1964 that would end seventy-three years of cement manufacturing along the Delaware River. In 1971, Con Agra purchased Alpha's plant for $167,000 as the yard continues to see a number of hoppers stored here until needed.
