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Published on: 9/1/2004
Last Visited: 9/10/2004
"I was driving a dump truck on the job when I was 12," Richard Ashmore, CEO of Ashmore Brothers, told Roads & Bridges.
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"I was driving a dump truck on the job when I was 12," Richard Ashmore, CEO of Ashmore Brothers, told Roads & Bridges.
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"They handled some of the first U.S. highways in the county," said Richard Ashmore.
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And they did a lot of grading work," said Richard Ashmore.
Russell's younger brother, Mack, also joined the business in the early 1940s and was a Navy CeeBee who helped build runways in Iwojima.Ashmore Brothers found itself deep in the industry trenches in the 1950s and '60s.Richard and his brother, Russell Jr., were well-educated and ready to do business, and that's when the decision was made to purchase the company's first asphalt plant-a Madsen model which cost $160,000.
"We did grading and we did paving," said Richard.
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"We survived that," said Richard.
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"This was our biggest challenge as a company," said Richard.
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"We're a little unique in the fact that we can do a turnkey job," said Richard.