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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"
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Historic Swing Railway Bridge over the Wallace River
1 of 14 		Railway Bridge over the Wallace River
2 of 14 		Telegram for Brunton and Adams
3 of 14 		Runway for stone delivery to the gang saws
4 of 14 		Former Grand Trunk Railway Station.
5 of 14 		Derricks were used in quarries to help lift, move and load, the many tons of rock.
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Ship loading sandstone from the Gravity Railroad in Wallace Harbour.
7 of 14 		Wallace Harbour and the Stone Quarry Wharf
8 of 14 		A giant cable drum
9 of 14 		Quarry end of gravity rail road
10 of 14 		Gravity railroad tracks.
11 of 14 		Stone being loaded on small rail car
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Group of scabblers, quarrymen who use picks to square up stone for shipment.
13 of 14 		Men working in the Dobson Quarry
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