Then and now: R.A. Hanson Co

Raymond A. Hanson, born in Potlatch, Idaho in 1923, left his mark on the Palouse farming region. When the inventor and industrialist died in 2009, he held more than 100 patents, but is best known for modifying combines to harvest crops on the undulating hillsides of the Palouse.

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Sun., March 22, 2020

The R.A. Hanson Co., pictured here in 1976, moved into the former Kaiser magnesium plant at the corner of Crestline St. and Magnesium Road in the 1960s. The complex has more than 200,000 square feet of indoor space. The ditch in the foreground was dug and formed by Hanson equipment designed for canal construction. The 1974 office building is built from modular panels made by Hanson.

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2020 - The former Kaiser magnesium plant at Crestline Street and Magnesium Road was used by the R.A. Hanson Co. for manufacturing for many years. Today, Highwood Global LP uses the site to build industrial equipment like the giant trailers in the foreground.

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