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  2. Trap rock - Wikipedia

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    Trap is also used to refer to flood (plateau) basalts, such as the Deccan Traps and Siberian Traps. [2] The erosion of trap rock created by the stacking of successive lava flows often creates a distinct stairstep landscape from which the term trap was derived from the Swedish word trappa, which means "stairs". [1] The slow cooling of magma ...

  3. Construction aggregate - Wikipedia

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    In Europe, sizing ranges are specified as d/D, where the d shows the smallest and D shows the largest square mesh grating that the particles can pass. Application-specific preferred sizings are covered in European Standard EN 13043 for road construction, EN 13383 for larger armour stone, EN 12620 for concrete aggregate, EN 13242 for base layers of road construction, and EN 13450 for railway ...

  4. Branford Steam Railroad - Wikipedia

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    New Haven Trap Rock Co. 43 and 38 in 1962, stored after their retirement While the modified Damascus Railroad charter allowed Fisk to expand rail operations northward, he also sought to expand the Branford Steam Railroad's tracks southward to a dock he owned at Juniper Point on Long Island Sound (between the Pine Orchard and Stony Creek ...

  5. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Stringfellow Acid Pits a former rock quarry in Jurupa Valley in Riverside County, California, which became a toxic waste dump and later a Superfund site. Deemed one of the most polluted sites in California in 1980s, and associated with mismanagement and scandal in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  6. Flood basalt - Wikipedia

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    Trap rock is the most durable construction aggregate of all rock types, because the interlocking crystals are oriented at random.

  7. Excavator buried under rocks at Massachusetts quarry prompts ...

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    The company posted in January that it transforms hunks of rocks into aggregate materials that are used for roads, drainag Excavator buried under rocks at Massachusetts quarry prompts emergency ...

  8. Traprock - Wikipedia

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    Traprock or trap rock may refer to: Trap rock, form of igneous rock exhibiting polygonal vertical fractures; Traprock Important Bird Area, Queensland, Australia; Trap Rock River, Michigan, USA; Walter E. Traprock, pseudonym of American architect and author George Shepard Chappell

  9. Breakwater (structure) - Wikipedia

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    Rock or concrete armour units on the outside of the structure absorb most of the energy, while gravels or sands prevent the wave energy's continuing through the breakwater core. The slopes of the revetment are typically between 1:1 and 1:2, depending upon the materials used. In shallow water, revetment breakwaters are usually relatively ...