CURIOUS MIND COLUMNIST {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Williams-Brackett Q . I went on a walk downtown the other day and came across a large foundation right at the edge of Rock Creek Canyon.
I’m just curious as to what and when it was. A: “I’ve heard that it was an old cement plant,” said Lee Glaesemann, assistant city engineer for the city of Twin Falls and resident historian. “When I worked on the trail extension and sewer line project in Rock Creek below the site, you can see that it looks like they were dumping leftover concrete off the side of the canyon,” Glaesemann said.
“At the top, you can see where it looks like they were dumping concrete over the edge and at the bottom you can see a ‘rock formation’ that is actually old concrete. “I don’t know if it was a cement plant, but it appears that it probably was something like that.” “I’m not sure I know enough about this area to give a definitive answer,” said Jennifer Hills, adult services department head at the Twin Falls Public Library.
“It does look like there were two cement/sand/gravel companies in that area, but I don’t know if they were on that particular piece of land.” “One was Van Hook & Son, who gave their address as on Shoshone South in the Maxwell addition. The road in the photos you sent are of Maxwell Avenue — perhaps the street was named after the addition.
I cannot find Van Hook & Sons in busi.