Enduring

The Great Depression dramatically reduced private construction across the Midwest, slowing commercial development and tightening margins for material suppliers, quarries, and rail operators. At the same time, New Deal infrastructure programs fundamentally reshaped opportunity in the region. Federal investment in roads, bridges, dams, airfields, and public buildings created sustained demand for aggregate, concrete materials, and rail transportation setting LGE on a path for success in the next decade.

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