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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
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Gravity railroad tracks.
37 of 58 		Drill holes direct blast
38 of 58 		Sandstone after blast showing drill marks
39 of 58 		Work area of present Wallace village quarry
40 of 58 		Old Cutting Shed at the Wallace Quarry
41 of 58 		Quarry stone picture taken by Allison Brown
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Stan Flynn and son Tom
43 of 58 		Wallace Quarries Limited President Stan Flynn with Museum employee Charlotte Moody.
44 of 58 		Cutting shed in the Wallace quarry
45 of 58 		Palleted stone rubble awaiting shipment
46 of 58 		Sandstone column being polished for the Amherst, Nova Scotia Federal Building.
47 of 58 		Diamond tipped blade for sawing sandstone.
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Cutting shop for the A.S. Dewar Quarry
49 of 58 		Stone being loaded on small rail car
50 of 58 		View of the over burden on the Wallace sandstone deposit
51 of 58 		Working face in the Wallace Quarry.
52 of 58 		Group of scabblers, quarrymen who use picks to square up stone for shipment.
53 of 58 		Steam plant at the Wallace Quarries used to drive the gang saws.
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