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Explore the limestone landscapes featured in "Bedrock of Beachville" through site maps, early excavation images, and pictures of full-size quarry pits. View various kilns, rock drills, power shovels, and conveyors that characterized Beachville’s quarries. Gain insights into the experiences of blacksmiths, drill operators, and truck drivers at the quarries. Some pages include audio recordings or contemporary video footage of explosives being detonated to take down huge sheets of rock. Click on an image to see it enlarged and described or to lead you to a video/audio clip.
A map of land lots 20 to 29 north of a river and Lots 1 to 5 south of a river, A red rectangle and green rectangle mark land in lots 2 and 22
A map of the village of Beachville marked with orange, purple and green rectangles at the sites of early quarry operations
A black and white image of a crew of workers, horses and carts in a quarry pit
A horse pulls a cart on a ramp that extends between two modest structures
A man in a three-piece suit stands on a house's latticed porch squinting against the sun
A handwritten receipt with dates ranging from April 28th to October 20th in a left-hand column - The cost for bushels of lime on these dates is calculated to $15.80 and dated to August 6th, 1909.
A black and white portrait of a man in a suit and tie with his hands in his pockets
A black and white portrait of a man with a moustache wearing a suit
A cart makes its way up a track on a ramp that leads out of a pit to a set of industrial buidlings.
One image of a man and a young girl on a sidewalk and another of two men working at a conveyor belt covered in stone fragments
A colour photograph of a set of hand tools made of wood and iron
One image of two men stand surrounded by stone holding electric drills and another young man operating a drill
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