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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.
Two people work on a platform between two cylindrical structures that rise from a building frame
A large cylindrical part of a rotary kiln is hoisted off a flatbed truck by a set of cranes
A black and white image of an early pick up truck with a number 3 on its door and the company name, B.N. Downing, on its bed
A big piece of machinery hangs its bucket over carts waiting along a track.
A group of 12 men stand in front of a green rock hauler truck
A black and white image of an old pick up truck with an open cab
A row of rock hauler trucks and their drivers set against a quarry building
Two, folded documents with type-written dates and headings on the front and the punched word, REGISTERED, at the bottom
A colour photograph of a quarry pit with three tiers of rock faces
Ingersoll Rural Cemetery in the spring
A cloud of dark smoke rises from an industrial building, obscuring the landscape and buildings in the distance.
A newspaper clipping, titled Out of water, with a primary image of a man standing outside and looking into the distance
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