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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
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1870 A.F. Church map of Wallace area showing village quarry sites
1 of 16 		Demonstration of stone cutting using a point chisel to level the surface.
2 of 16 		Placing of stone wedges called ''gads'' in order to split stone.
3 of 16 		Curator, David Dewar, demonstrating stone cutting for a Tatamagouche Elementary School Class.
4 of 16 		Stone cutting tools demonstration.
5 of 16 		Stone cutting demonstration
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Sandstone polishing demonstration
7 of 16 		Confederation Center Charlottetown, P.E.I.
8 of 16 		Entrance to the Peace Tower
9 of 16 		Wallace sandstone building
10 of 16 		Ship loading sandstone from the Gravity Railroad in Wallace Harbour.
11 of 16 		The present day Quarry Wharf
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Stone Cutting Demonstration
13 of 16 		Gravity railroad tracks.
14 of 16 		Major share holder in the Wallace Quarries Ltd. Mrs. Anne and John Fetherstonhaugh
15 of 16 		Newspaper clipping
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