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1896
The Nugent family began mining sand for commercial use as W.F. Nugent & Bros. The company was located in downtown Louisville at 5th Street and 33rd Street.
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1908
W.F. Nugent & Bros. was incorporated as Nugent Sand Company. The family dug sand and gravel from the Ohio River and loaded the materials onto wooden barges, which were then towed by steam-powered paddle-wheel boats to the company’s docks. Barges were unloaded with a steam shovel and deliveries were made by horse-drawn wagons.
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1930s
Nugent Sand Company moved to the foot of Clay Street in Louisville, and its operations modernized as the steam-powered equipment became diesel-powered, the barges and boats became steel instead of wood, and deliveries began to be made by truck and rail instead of by wagon.
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1957
Nugent christens the M/V Thomas C.L. Nugent, which continues to operate in its present-day fleet of towboats on the Ohio River.
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1962
Nugent moved to its riverfront location at 1833 River Road, just minutes from downtown Louisville. The site remains the company’s headquarters.
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1984
Nugent merged with its competitor E.T. Slider Company, which was owned by German investors who remain partners with the Nugent family
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1987
Nugent purchased Martin Marietta's First Street Yard in Louisville and its Milton/Carrollton plant, doubling its sales volume and allowing the company to expand its reach up river into West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
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1990
Nugent purchased Billy Holloway Aggregates in Oldham County, Kentucky
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1992
Nugent purchased Milton Sand and Gravel in Carrollton, Kentucky.
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1994
Nugent purchased Spray Sand and Gravel in Columbus, Indiana.
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2001
Nugent opened a dock and sales yard at Utica, Indiana.
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2002
Nugent opened a 580-acre sand and gravel plant in Warsaw, Kentucky.
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2002
Nugent launched a composting operation, entitled Nugent Organics, at its Utica, Indiana location.
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2003
Nugent launched Got Rocks!, a subsidiary division of the company focusing on landscaping materials for commercial and residential customers, selling sand & gravel, limestone, topsoil and mulch products.
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2005
Nugent began shipping sand by rail from its Louisville yard to a distribution yard in Lexington, Kentucky, in a partnership with R. J. Corman Railroad Company.
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2011
Nugent purchased Johnson Materials, expanding its sand and gravel operations in Louisville and southern Indiana.
The Nugent family began mining sand for commercial use as W.F. Nugent & Bros. The company was located in downtown Louisville at 5th Street and 33rd Street.
W.F. Nugent & Bros. was incorporated as Nugent Sand Company. The family dug sand and gravel from the Ohio River and loaded the materials onto wooden barges, which were then towed by steam-powered paddle-wheel boats to the company’s docks. Barges were unloaded with a steam shovel and deliveries were made by horse-drawn wagons.
Nugent Sand Company moved to the foot of Clay Street in Louisville, and its operations modernized as the steam-powered equipment became diesel-powered, the barges and boats became steel instead of wood, and deliveries began to be made by truck and rail instead of by wagon.
Nugent christens the M/V Thomas C.L. Nugent, which continues to operate in its present-day fleet of towboats on the Ohio River.
Nugent moved to its riverfront location at 1833 River Road, just minutes from downtown Louisville. The site remains the company’s headquarters.
Nugent merged with its competitor E.T. Slider Company, which was owned by German investors who remain partners with the Nugent family
Nugent purchased Martin Marietta's First Street Yard in Louisville and its Milton/Carrollton plant, doubling its sales volume and allowing the company to expand its reach up river into West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Nugent purchased Billy Holloway Aggregates in Oldham County, Kentucky
Nugent purchased Milton Sand and Gravel in Carrollton, Kentucky.
Nugent purchased Spray Sand and Gravel in Columbus, Indiana.
Nugent opened a dock and sales yard at Utica, Indiana.
Nugent opened a 580-acre sand and gravel plant in Warsaw, Kentucky.
Nugent launched a composting operation, entitled Nugent Organics, at its Utica, Indiana location.
Nugent launched Got Rocks!, a subsidiary division of the company focusing on landscaping materials for commercial and residential customers, selling sand & gravel, limestone, topsoil and mulch products.
Nugent began shipping sand by rail from its Louisville yard to a distribution yard in Lexington, Kentucky, in a partnership with R. J. Corman Railroad Company.
Nugent purchased Johnson Materials, expanding its sand and gravel operations in Louisville and southern Indiana.
