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Scabbling pick
12 March 2004
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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A scabbling pick was used to square up blocks of stone fresh out of the ground. Stone recently quarried has a high moisture content from ground water and it is much softer and easier to work.
The pick was used to knock off useless humps and ragged edges so the stone would be easier to load on rail cars and ships.

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Scabble rock boat. Used to haul ''rip rap'' and waste from the quarry.
1990
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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A spaul float or boat. Spauls are the rubble left over when cutting stone. This float was filled in the bottom of the quarry and hauled up by derrick to dump away from the work site. Later called "rip rap", it was sold as material for breakwaters.

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Rock waste,(spall) pile
1990
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Polishing Rubber
12 March 2004
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Sandstone polishing demonstration
July, 2000
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Quarry stone picture taken by Allison Brown
1930
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Lifting sandstone using huge derricks
1910
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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How the Rock was Moved:

The sandstone from Wallace weighed one hundred and forty seven lbs per cubic foot, and thus required special methods for transporting the stone from the quarry to the ships for export. According to Wallace historian, Francis Grant (1904-1987), the first sandstone was moved using cannon balls for rollers. Inside the quarries, the stone was lifted using a hoist called a Derrick, and was moved using horses and wagons. It was taken to ships traveling to ports all over North America.

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A 'Sloven', a heavy duty wagon used for transporting stone.
1910
Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Rear entrance of Nova Scotia Legislature in Halifax.
15 April 2004
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Sandstone entrance facade of the Nova Scotia Legislature
15 April 2004
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Rear entrance to the Nova Scotia Legislature.
15 April 2004
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada