Raymond Concrete Pile Co. - Specimen Stock Certificate

Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. The Raymond Concrete Pile Company was founded in 1897, and became a huge corporation operating around the world. They had major roles in construction projects including the Golden Gate Bridge in 1932, and the Pentagon in 1941.

According to Building the Pentagon by Stanley Nance Allan, Raymond Concrete started work on the foundation sixty years to the day before the 11 September 2001 attack on the Pentagon. "They operated several drilling rigs, working around the clock, seven days a week, eventually driving 50,000 of their patented steel pile casings some 50 feet through the underlying clay. The constant rhythmic pounding of the jackhammers driving the mandrels inside the steel casings, created a lively pulsation and rhythm of continuous activity on the job-site."

Time magazine of 25 January 1954 reported that Raymond Co. had also headed the consortium that built most of the U.S. air bases in the Pacific during World War II. The 1956 catalogue at left shows some of their large piledriving equipment in operation. The company later evolved into the still-operating Raymond International. Read more at https://cj3b.info/Owners/Baldo53.html