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Wallace Sandstone: "Building Stones for a Nation"

 
Ship loading sandstone from the Gravity Railroad in Wallace Harbour.
109 of 179 		The present day Quarry Wharf
110 of 179 		Stone Cutting Demonstration
111 of 179 		The former Federal Building (Post Office)
112 of 179 		Sandstone Column on front of the 1935, Federal Building
113 of 179 		Wallace sandstone used in the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation building on Barrington Street
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St. James Presbyterian Church. Wallace sandstone, built in 1930 from the Dewar Quarry.
115 of 179 		St. John's Anglican Church
116 of 179 		The former Zeller's Building on Barrington Street
117 of 179 		Sandstone carved design on Trueman House, a residence at Mount Allison University
118 of 179 		Lifting sandstone using huge derricks
119 of 179 		Blasting a quarry face, with debris in the air
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Wallace quarry
121 of 179 		Moving blocks of sandstone around in the quarry.
122 of 179 		Picture of the different layers worked to extract stone from the quarry.
123 of 179 		Wallace Harbour and the Stone Quarry Wharf
124 of 179 		Rail cars in the quarry being hauled by horses
125 of 179 		A giant cable drum
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