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It was built in 1927, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Classical Revival style limestone building on a raised basement. It was built to house the offices and showroom of the Indiana Limestone Company, supplier of Indiana Limestone, founded in 1926. [2] The building presently houses the Bedford branch of Oakland City University. [3]
Finding the family that helped back before 1913. Jim Hillenberg, 68, of Bedford, Indiana, worked in the Dark Hollow Quarry back in the 1980s before it closed.
Most recent review Result: Page has been improved and information on missing period added.Kept as GA. Gusfriend 08:25, 3 January 2023 (UTC) []. The fact that it is the "world's largest limestone quarry" is sourced to a 1917 report by Allen, Rolland Craten called Mineral Resources of Michigan with Statistical Tables and should be supported by a more recent reference.
Iroquois Iron Company of Chicago signed a contract with Michigan Limestone for the purchase of 50,000 tons of limestone. [44] The limestone company was created, at least in part, with the idea that there was a waiting market for their product. [45] US Steel later purchased a controlling interest in Michigan Limestone in 1920 when the company ...
Indiana Limestone Company, Mill Entrance, Junction of Old SR 37 & New SR 37 Indiana Limestone: 2 eagles. Each eagle: approx. 65 x 30 x 71 in. Indiana Limestone Company [97] Joe Palooka: George Hitchcock: 1948 Indiana Limestone: Sculpture: approx. 102 x 51 x 35 in. City of Oolitic [98]
Indiana limestone (also known as Bedford limestone) is a form of limestone used as a building material, particularly for monumental public structures. Some 35 of the 50 state capitol buildings in the United States are made of Indiana limestone, [ 1 ] as are the Empire State Building , Biltmore Estate , the Pentagon and National Cathedral in ...
Decatur is a village in Van Buren County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,819 at the 2010 census . The village is located within Decatur Township .
The Illinois Basin is a Paleozoic depositional and structural basin in the United States, centered in and underlying most of the state of Illinois, and extending into southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky. The basin is elongate, extending approximately 400 miles (640 km) northwest-southeast, and 200 miles (320 km) southwest-northeast.