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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
Images: Work

 
The former Federal Building (Post Office)
91 of 143 		Sandstone Column on front of the 1935, Federal Building
92 of 143 		Wallace sandstone used in the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation building on Barrington Street
93 of 143 		The former Zeller's Building on Barrington Street
94 of 143 		Sandstone carved design on Trueman House, a residence at Mount Allison University
95 of 143 		Lifting sandstone using huge derricks
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Blasting a quarry face, with debris in the air
97 of 143 		Moving blocks of sandstone around in the quarry.
98 of 143 		Picture of the different layers worked to extract stone from the quarry.
99 of 143 		Wallace Harbour and the Stone Quarry Wharf
100 of 143 		A giant cable drum
101 of 143 		Quarry end of gravity rail road
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Quarry pond
103 of 143 		Gravity railroad tracks.
104 of 143 		Drill holes direct blast
105 of 143 		Sandstone after blast showing drill marks
106 of 143 		Work area of present Wallace village quarry
107 of 143 		Old Cutting Shed at the Wallace Quarry
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