Rockville Fuel & Feed

Rockville Fuel & Feed Co., Inc. was founded in 1926 in Rockville, Maryland. t the time, Rockville was a sleepy agricultural town along the railroad tracks in Montgomery County. The original business model of the company was to deliver wood and coal to Montgomery County residents to heat their homes and sell feed and straw to county farmers for their livestock. That's where the name comes from. In the mid 1930's the company added the production and distribution of cinder blocks to its business model. During the 1940's the company changed its emphasis away from agriculture-related products and focused on construction related activities. The company halted sales of agricultural feed while retaining its fuel and cinder block lines. Being located in the suburbs of Washington DC, during War War II, the company focused on producing cinder blocks around the clock to supply the federal government in its need to build facilities to support the War effort. After the war had ended in 1945, the company resumed it regular block production while continuing to sell fuel. The population of Rockville grew almost 350 percent from 1940 to 1950 so the construction business and the demand for fuel grew. By that time fuel was petroleum more than coal. It was in 1950 when Rockville Fuel & Feed got into the concrete business through a business arrangement with Contee Sand and Gravel. Contee was looking for a site to put a concrete plant in Rockville to supply concrete to the Rt. 355 road construction job. Rockville was willing to allow Contee to set up a plant at the company location on Hungerford Drive. At the end of the job, Rockville bought the plant from Contee and was in the concrete business.