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Beaucette Marina is a marina on the northeast tip of Guernsey, [1] in the Channel Islands, to the north of Bordeaux Harbour. Nearby is the Déhus Dolmen. [2] The marina area was once a large quarry, with blue granite reserves. In the 1960s, the quarry was purchased by Vale Investments, who saw the potential for converting it into a marina.
Stone was supplied for a few isolated small contracts until 1994, since when the quarry has been dormant. There are now plans to use the quarry site as part of a marina and housing development. Penlee Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, designated in 1997, [2] noted for its geological formations and igneous rocks. [3]
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.
A parking fee will go into effect Feb. 19 as Ijams Nature Center plans to expand in Knoxville with a pavilion, canopy walk and Mead's Quarry upgrades. New Ijams canopy walkway and quarry hangout ...
Carrara (/ k ə ˈ r ɑːr ə / kə-RAR-ə; Italian: [kaˈraːɾa]; Emilian: Carara, Emilian: [kaˈɾaːɾa]) is a town and comune in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. [3]
Quarry Bay Park (Chinese: 鰂魚涌公園) is an urban park located in the Quarry Bay area of Hong Kong Island's Eastern District. It lies between the waterfront and the Tai Koo Shing housing estate, and covers around 9.79 hectares (24.2 acres).
In 1985, Boston's Metropolitan District Commission purchased 22 acres, including Granite Railway Quarry, as the Quincy Quarries Reservation. A solution to the public safety problem was finally found with the massive Big Dig highway project in Boston. Dirt from the new highway tunnels was trucked in to fill the main quarries.
Rota Latte Stone Quarry, also known as the As Nieves quarry, is located near the Chamorro village of Sinapalo, on the island of Rota in the Marianas Archipelago.The prehistoric megaliths found there are believed to have been used as foundation pillars for houses, with some of them weighing up to 35 tons.