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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
Location: Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

 
Drilling holes for explosives
37 of 104 		Hand carved name (Battye) on old boot scraper.
38 of 104 		Quarry derricks
39 of 104 		Scabble rock boat. Used to haul ''rip rap'' and waste from the quarry.
40 of 104 		Mr. Lyle, quarry owner standing, in front of the guarry office about 1935.
41 of 104 		Quarry pond
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Gad
43 of 104 		Gang Saws for sandstone
44 of 104 		Runway for stone delivery to the gang saws
45 of 104 		After a quarry blast for the product ''Rip Rap'', rock fill for wharfs and docks.
46 of 104 		The Lyall quarry
47 of 104 		Clarence Murphy
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Twenty ton block of stone
49 of 104 		Face of sandstone based boot scraper
50 of 104 		Decorative panel for exterior of Zellers building.
51 of 104 		Derricks were used in quarries to help lift, move and load, the many tons of rock.
52 of 104 		A 'Sloven', a heavy duty wagon used for transporting stone.
53 of 104 		Saw house
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