Peckham Industries has a crush on road materials. Peckham Industries, Inc. produces asphalt, crushed stone, ready mix concrete, and liquid calcium chloride (used to melt ice in the winter and to keep road dust down in the summer). It also builds and repairs roads. Peckham Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate throughout New England with locations in New York, Vermont, and Connecticut. Peckham's plants include liquid asphalt facilities, hot mix plants, and a reclaiming facility. The company's Peckham Materials Corp. unit operates quarries and supplies aggregates through the Hudson River Valley. William Peckham, father of chairman and president John Peckham, founded Peckham Road Corp., the flagship of Peckham Industries, in 1924.