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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
Images: Landscape

 
Wallace River, site of first quarries in 1811.
1 of 115 		Historic Swing Railway Bridge over the Wallace River
2 of 115 		Railway Bridge over the Wallace River
3 of 115 		Layers sandstone deposit
4 of 115 		Stone from blast exposing where a bowl had formed.
5 of 115 		A small herd of bowls
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Coffee mug sold by the Wallace and Area Museum
7 of 115 		Petrified tree trunk from the plant Coridites.
8 of 115 		Growth rings visible in the petrified tree trunk found in the quarry.
9 of 115 		Placing of stone wedges called ''gads'' in order to split stone.
10 of 115 		Curator, David Dewar, demonstrating stone cutting for a Tatamagouche Elementary School Class.
11 of 115 		Residence of Col. Smart
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Stone cutting tools demonstration.
13 of 115 		Stone cutting demonstration
14 of 115 		Stone face after blast
15 of 115 		Sandstone polishing demonstration
16 of 115 		Aerial view of Wallace Harbour
17 of 115 		Quarry workers posing in front of Quarry office. Names around picture border.
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