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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
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Wooden Mallets
19 of 77 		Stone Hammers
20 of 77 		Using Point Chisel
21 of 77 		Sandstone polishing demonstration
22 of 77 		Scabbling pick
23 of 77 		Polishing Rubber
24 of 77
Tooth Chisel Demonstration
25 of 77 		Quarry workers posing in front of Quarry office. Names around picture border.
26 of 77 		Derrick
27 of 77 		Boot scraper made at the Battye Quarry
28 of 77 		Stone starting to split as wedges are forced into the holes.
29 of 77 		Drilling holes for explosives
30 of 77
Hand carved name (Battye) on old boot scraper.
31 of 77 		Gordon Dewar, Stone Cutter
32 of 77 		Quarry derricks
33 of 77 		Scabble rock boat. Used to haul ''rip rap'' and waste from the quarry.
34 of 77 		Gad
35 of 77 		Gang Saws for sandstone
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