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T.J. Gipple's stone quarry, near NRHP-listed Gipple's Quarry Bridge (1893), Columbus Junction, Iowa; Old State Quarry, North Liberty, Iowa, NRHP-listed; Quarry, Iowa, site of limestone quarrying in Marshall County, Iowa. Town was laid out by Le Grand Quarry Company in 1868. Nearby Quarry Bridge, in Marshalltown, Iowa, is NRHP-listed.
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to manage their safety risks and reduce their environmental impact.
The quarry, originally known as North Bend Quarries, began operations in 1842. It provided limestone for numerous buildings and structures in Iowa City and elsewhere in the state. The list includes the Old Capital (1842), the foundations for Old Brick Church (1856) and the present Iowa State Capitol (1886) in Des Moines.
Arcosa, headquartered in Dallas with $2.3 billion in annual revenue and 6,075 employees, has announced the acquisition of the 75-year-old family-owned company that has another quarry in Tewksbury ...
The quarry, untouched for more than three decades, no longer had working roads that would carry trucks down into the quarry pit, and 30-year-old trees had grown up throughout the area. 200 ...
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The Marble Cliff Quarry Co., is located in the community of San Margherita and operated the largest limestone quarry in the United States from its founding in 1913 [1] until its sale in 1985. History [ edit ]
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans County, New York.The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".