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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
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After a quarry blast for the product ''Rip Rap'', rock fill for wharfs and docks.
19 of 58 		The Lyall quarry
20 of 58 		Clarence Murphy
21 of 58 		Twenty ton block of stone
22 of 58 		Decorative panel for exterior of Zellers building.
23 of 58 		Derricks were used in quarries to help lift, move and load, the many tons of rock.
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A 'Sloven', a heavy duty wagon used for transporting stone.
25 of 58 		Saw house
26 of 58 		Quarry scene
27 of 58 		Scene from the cutting yard, Wallace quarry
28 of 58 		Ship loading sandstone from the Gravity Railroad in Wallace Harbour.
29 of 58 		Lifting sandstone using huge derricks
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Blasting a quarry face, with debris in the air
31 of 58 		Moving blocks of sandstone around in the quarry.
32 of 58 		Picture of the different layers worked to extract stone from the quarry.
33 of 58 		A giant cable drum
34 of 58 		Quarry end of gravity rail road
35 of 58 		Quarry pond
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