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Tunnel at the Luck Co. stone quarry, Manassas, Virginia

Tunnel at the Luck Co. stone quarry, Manassas, Virginia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township 106N, Range 46W, Pipestone, Pipestone County, MN

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township...

Significance: Complex geological site in which the underlying bedrock is a metamorphosed sandstone generally referred to as Sioux quartzite, regarded as early Ordovician in age. Significant as center of Indian... More

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township 106N, Range 46W, Pipestone, Pipestone County, MN

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township...

Significance: Complex geological site in which the underlying bedrock is a metamorphosed sandstone generally referred to as Sioux quartzite, regarded as early Ordovician in age. Significant as center of Indian... More

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 miles Northeast of Radersburg, Radersburg, Broadwater County, MT

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 mile...

Significance: The quarry was the only place where Meagher limestone was quarried. The gray limestone is mottled with yellowish-orange spots and was marketed as "Montana Black and Gold Marble." It was used for f... More

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 miles Northeast of Radersburg, Radersburg, Broadwater County, MT

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 mile...

Significance: The quarry was the only place where Meagher limestone was quarried. The gray limestone is mottled with yellowish-orange spots and was marketed as "Montana Black and Gold Marble." It was used for f... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township 106N, Range 46W, Pipestone, Pipestone County, MN

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township...

Significance: Complex geological site in which the underlying bedrock is a metamorphosed sandstone generally referred to as Sioux quartzite, regarded as early Ordovician in age. Significant as center of Indian... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east of U.S. Highway 287, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east o...

Significance: The Iron Spring Quarry served as a source of rock and gravel for road construction and maintenance projects in Yellowstone National Park. Due to the feature's mundane nature, the historic record ... More

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 miles Northeast of Radersburg, Radersburg, Broadwater County, MT

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 mile...

Significance: The quarry was the only place where Meagher limestone was quarried. The gray limestone is mottled with yellowish-orange spots and was marketed as "Montana Black and Gold Marble." It was used for f... More

Granite Quarry. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Granite Quarry. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Located up Lamance Creek behind Boggio 7Up Ranch, source of granite for stonemasons in the valley The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife C... More

Huge Luck Stone Corporation stone quarry near Manassas (Bull Run) Battlefield in Virginia

Huge Luck Stone Corporation stone quarry near Manassas (Bull Run) Batt...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east of U.S. Highway 287, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east o...

Significance: The Iron Spring Quarry served as a source of rock and gravel for road construction and maintenance projects in Yellowstone National Park. Due to the feature's mundane nature, the historic record ... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township 106N, Range 46W, Pipestone, Pipestone County, MN

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township...

Significance: Complex geological site in which the underlying bedrock is a metamorphosed sandstone generally referred to as Sioux quartzite, regarded as early Ordovician in age. Significant as center of Indian... More

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township 106N, Range 46W, Pipestone, Pipestone County, MN

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township...

Significance: Complex geological site in which the underlying bedrock is a metamorphosed sandstone generally referred to as Sioux quartzite, regarded as early Ordovician in age. Significant as center of Indian... More

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east of U.S. Highway 287, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east o...

Significance: The Iron Spring Quarry served as a source of rock and gravel for road construction and maintenance projects in Yellowstone National Park. Due to the feature's mundane nature, the historic record ... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township 106N, Range 46W, Pipestone, Pipestone County, MN

Pipestone National Monument, Rock Quarry, Park Entrance Road, Township...

Significance: Complex geological site in which the underlying bedrock is a metamorphosed sandstone generally referred to as Sioux quartzite, regarded as early Ordovician in age. Significant as center of Indian... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east of U.S. Highway 287, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east o...

Significance: The Iron Spring Quarry served as a source of rock and gravel for road construction and maintenance projects in Yellowstone National Park. Due to the feature's mundane nature, the historic record ... More

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east of U.S. Highway 287, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east o...

Significance: The Iron Spring Quarry served as a source of rock and gravel for road construction and maintenance projects in Yellowstone National Park. Due to the feature's mundane nature, the historic record ... More

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east of U.S. Highway 287, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east o...

Significance: The Iron Spring Quarry served as a source of rock and gravel for road construction and maintenance projects in Yellowstone National Park. Due to the feature's mundane nature, the historic record ... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Sandstone Quarry. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Sandstone Quarry. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

People in photograph: Stewart, Leslie Source of sandstone for buildings in the valley, located on the edge of Little Owyhee Desert The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project unde... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east of U.S. Highway 287, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east o...

Significance: The Iron Spring Quarry served as a source of rock and gravel for road construction and maintenance projects in Yellowstone National Park. Due to the feature's mundane nature, the historic record ... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Quarry. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Granite Quarry. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

People in photograph: Boggio, Joe Located up Lamance Creek behind Boggio 7Up Ranch, source of granite for stonemasons in the valley The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project und... More

Work progresses inside the Colorado Stone Quarries mine high above the aptly named town of Marble in Gunnison County, Colorado

Work progresses inside the Colorado Stone Quarries mine high above the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded in 1899, Marble lay below the historic Yule Marble quarry (named not for Christmastide but for one of the mine's early owners)... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east of U.S. Highway 287, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east o...

Significance: The Iron Spring Quarry served as a source of rock and gravel for road construction and maintenance projects in Yellowstone National Park. Due to the feature's mundane nature, the historic record ... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Zion National Park, Stone Quarry, Springdale, Washington County, UT

Zion National Park, Stone Quarry, Springdale, Washington County, UT

Public domain photograph of Zion National Park, mountains, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL

Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east of U.S. Highway 287, West Thumb, Teton County, WY

Iron Springs Quarry, 150 feet west of Grand Loop Road, 20 miles east o...

Significance: The Iron Spring Quarry served as a source of rock and gravel for road construction and maintenance projects in Yellowstone National Park. Due to the feature's mundane nature, the historic record ... More

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 miles Northeast of Radersburg, Radersburg, Broadwater County, MT

Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 mile...

Significance: The quarry was the only place where Meagher limestone was quarried. The gray limestone is mottled with yellowish-orange spots and was marketed as "Montana Black and Gold Marble." It was used for f... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 4, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associat... More

Luck Stone Co. quarry workers, Manassas, Virginia

Luck Stone Co. quarry workers, Manassas, Virginia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Luck Stone Co. quarry workers, Manassas, Virginia

Luck Stone Co. quarry workers, Manassas, Virginia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Work progresses inside the Colorado Stone Quarries mine high above the aptly named town of Marble in Gunnison County, Colorado

Work progresses inside the Colorado Stone Quarries mine high above the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded in 1899, Marble lay below the historic Yule Marble quarry (named not for Christmastide but for one of the mine's early owners)... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 2, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Sandstone Quarry - An aerial view of a dirt road in the desert

Sandstone Quarry - An aerial view of a dirt road in the desert

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Luck Co. stone quarry, Manassas, Virginia

Luck Co. stone quarry, Manassas, Virginia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Vulcan Materials Company limestone quarry, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

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