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1947
RAWSON MATERIALS IS FOUNDED BY RICHARD RAWSON
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PLANT #1
Original location on Munyan Road in Putnam, CT.
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1971
Richard’s son, Allan, graduated from Nichols College in Dudley, MA and began his full-time employment with the company.
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1980
Plant #2
Rawson Materials opened its second location on Town Farm Road in Putnam, CT.
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1986
Added a fleet of trucks (Rawson Trucking).
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1997
PLANT #4
Rawson opened yet another location on Black Hill Road in Plainfield, CT.
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2001
3rd GENERATION AND COUNTING
Allan’s son, Jeffrey, graduated from Assumption College in Worcester, MA and began his full-time employment with the company, becoming the 3rd generation to manage Rawson Materials.
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2005
PLANT #5
New location opened on Norwich Road in Plainfield, CT.
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2012
PLANT #3 & PLANT #6
New locations on Wauregan Road in Canterbury, CT and Reardon Road in Thompson, CT.
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2018
Plant #7
Purchased the assets of Cherenzia Excavation on Old Hopkinton Road in Westerly, RI.
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2021
EXCITING YEAR!
- • Moved into our new Main Office location at the Lofts at Cargill Falls Mill in Putnam, CT.
- • Purchased substantially all of the assets of Rawson Manufacturing & DB Cotton (Putnam, CT).
- • Purchased substantially all of the assets of Bevilacqua Asphalt (Uxbridge, MA)
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2022
75th Anniversary
This year we celebrate a milestone: It is our 75th Anniversary!
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2023
Plant #9
Acquired the operational rights and assets to the Rampco Construction Co. Inc. quarry located at 123 Oxford Avenue in Dudley, MA – which is now our Plant #9 location.
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2024
Sterling Concrete Corp.
Acquired the stock of Sterling Concrete Corp. located in North Oxford, MA and will continue to offer comprehensive commercial and residential ready-mix concrete at (2) facilities. (North Oxford & Sterling, MA)