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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
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Wallace River, site of first quarries in 1811.
1 of 104 		Historic Swing Railway Bridge over the Wallace River
2 of 104 		Railway Bridge over the Wallace River
3 of 104 		Layers sandstone deposit
4 of 104 		Sandstone bowls
5 of 104 		Stone from blast exposing where a bowl had formed.
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Two small sandstone bowls
7 of 104 		A small herd of bowls
8 of 104 		Coffee mug sold by the Wallace and Area Museum
9 of 104 		Petrified tree trunk from the plant Coridites.
10 of 104 		Growth rings visible in the petrified tree trunk found in the quarry.
11 of 104 		Point Chisels
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A punch, a special point chisel used for cutting holes and grooves in stone.
13 of 104 		Placing of stone wedges called ''gads'' in order to split stone.
14 of 104 		Stone Drill and Reamer
15 of 104 		Tooth Chisel
16 of 104 		Variety of Broad Chisels made by a blacksmith
17 of 104 		Tooth Chisel
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