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2. Indiana Limestone - Wikipedia

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   Indiana limestone (also known as Bedford limestone) is a form of limestone used as a building material, particularly for monumental public structures. Some 35 of the 50 state capitol buildings in the United States are made of Indiana limestone, [ 1 ] as are the Empire State Building , Biltmore Estate , the Pentagon and National Cathedral in ...

3. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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   It yields late Cambrian period fossils, in the course of quarrying rock slabs for countertops and other purposes. Quasius Quarry, in Rhine, Wisconsin near the Sheboygan River, NRHP-listed. A limestone quarry and lime kilns for producing quicklime, built in 1911 and abandoned in the 1920s. [6]

4. Vinegar Hill Historic District - Wikipedia

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   Rapid growth in the importance of Bloomington's limestone industry made limestone company executives wealthy and created heavy demand for skilled stonecutters in the city. . As limestone became the city's leading industry in the 1920s, an apple orchard was removed to permit the extension of First Street eastward up a long hill and the platting of a new neighborh

5. Ford reopened quarry to get exact limestone match for ... - AOL

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   The Michigan Central Station restoration used limestone on the façade and interior obtained from the Lawrence County, Indiana quarry that provided the original limestone. This image of hauling ...

6. Oolitic, Indiana - Wikipedia

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   The town was founded for the purpose of quarrying this material, for building purposes. Oolitic was originally platted as "Limestone" on September 26, 1888. In 1896, the name was sent to Washington, D.C., to allow a post office to be established. The request was refused because of a town already named Limestone, Indiana.

7. List of lime kilns in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Quasius Quarry, near the Sheboygan River in Rhine, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed as the Sheboygan Valley Land and Lime Company. Includes a limestone quarry and kilns for producing quicklime, built in 1911 and abandoned in the 1920s. William Johnston Lime Kiln, Saylesville, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed; Hadfield Company Lime Kilns, Waukesha, Wisconsin, NRHP ...