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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
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Stone Cutting Demonstration
109 of 177 		The former Federal Building (Post Office)
110 of 177 		Sandstone Column on front of the 1935, Federal Building
111 of 177 		Wallace sandstone used in the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation building on Barrington Street
112 of 177 		St. James Presbyterian Church. Wallace sandstone, built in 1930 from the Dewar Quarry.
113 of 177 		St. John's Anglican Church
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The former Zeller's Building on Barrington Street
115 of 177 		Sandstone carved design on Trueman House, a residence at Mount Allison University
116 of 177 		Lifting sandstone using huge derricks
117 of 177 		Blasting a quarry face, with debris in the air
118 of 177 		Wallace quarry
119 of 177 		Moving blocks of sandstone around in the quarry.
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Picture of the different layers worked to extract stone from the quarry.
121 of 177 		Wallace Harbour and the Stone Quarry Wharf
122 of 177 		Rail cars in the quarry being hauled by horses
123 of 177 		A giant cable drum
124 of 177 		Quarry end of gravity rail road
125 of 177 		Quarry pond
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