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Martin Marietta Materials Asphalt Plant

Aggregate at right, travels by conveyor belt to the mixer to be mixed with liquid asphalt then sent to the silos at left, where it is loaded into trucks, at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
Aggregate at right, travels by conveyor belt to the mixer to be mixed with liquid asphalt then sent to the silos at left, where it is loaded into trucks, at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
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David Lemesany, left, Regional vice president/general manager, asphalt & Paving for Martin Marietta Materials, and Jerimy Runner, right, construction manager, show Larimer County commissioners, Lew Gaiter III, left, and Steve Johnson, how asphalt is made at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
David Lemesany, left, Regional vice president/general manager, asphalt & Paving for Martin Marietta Materials, and Jerimy Runner, right, construction manager, show Larimer County commissioners, Lew Gaiter III, left, and Steve Johnson, how asphalt is made at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
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The heat that reaches temperatures over 300 degrees in the mixer where the crushed aggregate is mixed with liquid asphalt, at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
The heat that reaches temperatures over 300 degrees in the mixer where the crushed aggregate is mixed with liquid asphalt, at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
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Trucks line up to be filled with asphalt, left, at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
Trucks line up to be filled with asphalt, left, at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
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A front-end loader fills big bins with aggregate which is then crushed and later mixed with liquid asphalt at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
A front-end loader fills big bins with aggregate which is then crushed and later mixed with liquid asphalt at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
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Asphalt is released from a big silo into trucks, at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
Asphalt is released from a big silo into trucks, at the Martin Marietta Material's asphalt plant in Fort Collins Wednesday April 23, 2014.
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This drawing shows the inner workings of an asphalt mixer, which Martin Marietta Materials uses at its asphalt plant near Fort Collins.
This drawing shows the inner workings of an asphalt mixer, which Martin Marietta Materials uses at its asphalt plant near Fort Collins.
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This drawing shows the inner workings of a baghouse, like that used at Martin Marietta Materials' asphalt plant near Fort Collins.
This drawing shows the inner workings of a baghouse, like that used at Martin Marietta Materials' asphalt plant near Fort Collins.
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This drawing shows the outline of an asphalt plant, similar to the plant near Fort Collins operated by Martin Marietta Materials.
This drawing shows the outline of an asphalt plant, similar to the plant near Fort Collins operated by Martin Marietta Materials.
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