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The completed Cherry Grove Cemetery entrance, with the historic designation plaque on the left post.

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Cherry Grove Cemetery

Sign fabrication, site preparation and installation for an Oregon historic cemetery.

Cherry Grove, Oregon
Fabrication, site preparation & installation: Western Iron Works
The project
Fabrication
Western Iron Works
Site work
Clearing & entrance preparation
Installation
Western Iron Works
Finish
Powder-coated steel

Cherry Grove, Oregon

Opening the
entrance

We fabricated the new entrance sign for Cherry Grove Cemetery, prepared the site and installed the sign and posts.

The work turned an overgrown approach into a cleared, clearly marked driveway. A place that was easy to overlook now has an entrance people can find.

Preparing
the site

Our work extended beyond the sign itself. We cleared and opened the approach, prepared the post locations and built the concrete footings that support the entrance.

The entrance during site preparation.
Reinforcing steel in the excavated post footing.
An anchor-bolt template holds the bolt pattern over the concrete footing.

Cutting and
assembling the sign

We plasma-cut the lettering panel and assembled the curved frame in the shop. A light backing panel makes the cemetery name stand out against the dark powder-coated steel.

Plasma-cutting the steel sign panel.
The arched sign panel and frame assembled on the shop table.

Installing
the entrance

We brought the finished sign and posts to the site and installed them on the prepared footings. The arch spans the driveway, marking the route into the cemetery.

Lifting equipment set up at the entrance for installation.
The installed sign viewed from inside the cemetery toward the road.

Marking a
historic cemetery

A plaque on the left post displays the cemetery’s historic designation from the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries.

The cleared approach and completed sign make the entrance visible from the road.
Light lettering stands out against the dark powder-coated sign.
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