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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
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Group of scabblers, quarrymen who use picks to square up stone for shipment.
91 of 104 		Steam plant at the Wallace Quarries used to drive the gang saws.
92 of 104 		Drive wheel for the gang saws at the Wallace Quarries.
93 of 104 		Main drive wheel from the steam plant to run the gang wire saws
94 of 104 		Huge balance wheel to provide momentum for the driving saw blade.
95 of 104 		Stone panel being loaded on a truck
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Deed for new Dobson Quarry
97 of 104 		Statement of quarry assets for Fred and George Battye
98 of 104 		Land deed
99 of 104 		Advertisement for Brickyard
100 of 104 		Newspaper clipping
101 of 104 		Drill holes in an unused piece of stone.
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Men working in the Dobson Quarry
103 of 104 		Newspaper announcement of Bankrupcy during the depression.
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