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  2. Thornton Quarry - Wikipedia

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    Overhead view of the quarry. Thornton Quarry is one of the largest aggregate quarries in the world, located in Thornton, Illinois just south of Chicago. The quarry is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide, and 450 feet (140 m) deep at its deepest point. Gallagher Asphalt Corporation has been operating on the grounds of the quarry ...

  3. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is the world's largest "deep hole" granite quarry. It produces Devonian Barre granite. Graniteville is home of its owner, the 1885-founded Rock of Ages Corporation, since 2016 part of Polycor, Inc., the largest producer of marble and granite in North America. Quarrying continues, and the quarry may be visited by the public.

  4. Category:Quarries by country - Wikipedia

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    Contact us; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; ... Quarries by country. 5 languages. ... Quarries in the United States (2 C, 94 P)

  5. List of quarries - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable quarries, worldwide.. In Australia: Bombo Headland Quarry Geological Site; Boogardie quarry; Boya, Western Australia; Cronulla sand dunes; Moorooduc Quarry Flora and Fauna Reserve

  6. Thornton, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.52% of the population. There were 960 households, out of which 21.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.98% were married couples living together, 14.48% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.44% were non-families. 31.35% of all households were made up of individuals ...

  7. Category:Quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Barron County Pipestone Quarry; Basalt Cobblestone Quarries District; Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry; Beaumont-Tyson Quarry District; Beaver Dam (Maryland) Big Run Quarry Site; Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries; Adolph Brower House

  8. Flat Rock, Surry County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Flat Rock is a census-designated place (CDP) in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.The name "Flat Rock" stems from the community's granite quarry. The granite quarry is the largest open-face granite quarry in the world, and has been mined continuously since 1889 by the North Carolina Granite Corporation.

  9. List of countries by population (United Nations) - Wikipedia

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    This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.