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Bowers Quarry/Mine is an active stone quarry on the west side of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The quarry is operated by Albion Stone and became the site of ...
Culverwell Mesolithic Site is a Mesolithic settlement, located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is found in the local area known as Culverwell, along the Portland Bill Road. [ 1 ] It is within an area of unspoiled countryside, with no past quarrying.
The following year Bowers began a sand and gravel quarrying operation on the eastern edge of the land adjacent to Island Road. Shortly afterwards, the portion of land between the quarry and the Scioto River was utilized as a landfill, with soil from the quarry used to cover the refuse.
Portland Bowers Basebed is a type of limestone from Bowers Quarry at the Isle of Portland in Dorset, southern England, on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. [1] The stone is clear of fossils and is the cleanest of the Portland stone types. Bowers Basebed, which is quarried by Albion Stone, has a maximum bed height of 1.95 metres.
Mutton Cove Disused quarry above Mutton Cove. Mutton Cove is a cove, located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England; part of the Jurassic Coast. It is found on the west side of Portland. [1] Presumably named after the once-famous Portland sheep, the cove is an erosional indentation just south of the promontory of Blacknor. [2]
Sep. 12—The former Jefferson Quarry, located in the heart of Mankato along the Minnesota River, is a little closer to development after the City Council Monday night accepted rolling the ...
MCC purchased the New London Quarry, located between U.S. 45 and Ledge Hill Road in the town of Hortonia, in the late 1960s, and it’s operated since then, said Susan Courter, a consultant hired ...
Hallelujah Bay is a bay located on the west side of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The bay is situated below West Weares, with Clay Ope , Blacknor Point and Mutton Cove further south. Near the cove is a large mound of rock and earth beneath the clifftops known locally as the Green Hump.