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Re-watching some shows while #socialdistancing for #MarchBreak? We're chatting this week about some of our favourites that have great #geology or interesting stories behind their #filminglocations.
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #CapeBreton #COVIDCanada #covid19 #COVID19NS
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #CapeBreton #COVIDCanada #covid19 #COVID19NS
#GameofThrones used #Iceland's #Thingvellir Park as the #BloodyGate. Its landscape is caused by the Eurasian and #NorthAmerican tectonic plates meeting there and pulling apart at a rate of 2 cms per year. This made a rift valley: low land between 2 separating continents.
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#MagheramorneQuarry, #NorthernIreland, is the set for #CastleBlack and #TheWall in #GameofThrones. The quarry wall is used as a backdrop and effects make it look huge.
The site's limestone was used to make cement. #NS has a limestone quarry and cement plant in Brookfield.
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The site's limestone was used to make cement. #NS has a limestone quarry and cement plant in Brookfield.
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Former #mines and #quarries often become parks and protected areas. This thread shows some examples in #Halifax, #Dartmouth, #Shelbourne, #Truro, #LunenburgCounty and #KemptShore.
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #NS #mining #reclamation
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #NS #mining #reclamation
#KiwanisPark in #Truro was developed as a gravel pit in the 1930s to help build Route 2. Like a lot of former pits and #quarries, the site has filled with water and become a natural oasis in the heart of the town.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #NS #mining #reclamation @TownofTruro
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #NS #mining #reclamation @TownofTruro
Former mines and quarries are often hidden in plain view! #PointPleasantPark contains 50+ former quarries. The stone was used to build walls and forts in the park. For example, slate from the #QuarryPond helped build the #MartelloTower.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #NS #mining
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #NS #mining
#Halifax has many former #quarries that are hidden in plain sight!
Here are examples:
#nspoli #cbpoli #ns
@MikeSavageHFX @BarbaraAdamsPT @patriciaarab @GaryBurrill @ChenderMLA @SteveCraigMLA @RafahDiCostanzo @TimothyHalman @BenJessome @susanleblancMLA @bmaguirens @LisaRobertsHfx
Here are examples:
#nspoli #cbpoli #ns
@MikeSavageHFX @BarbaraAdamsPT @patriciaarab @GaryBurrill @ChenderMLA @SteveCraigMLA @RafahDiCostanzo @TimothyHalman @BenJessome @susanleblancMLA @bmaguirens @LisaRobertsHfx
@MikeSavageHFX @BarbaraAdamsPT @patriciaarab @GaryBurrill @ChenderMLA @SteveCraigMLA @RafahDiCostanzo @TimothyHalman @BenJessome @susanleblancMLA @bmaguirens @LisaRobertsHfx #Granite from #TerenceBay was used in many heritage buildings in the 1800s and early 1900s. This lovely former quarry is now part of the #TerenceBayWildernessArea.
#nspoli #NS #NovaScotia #Halifax
#nspoli #NS #NovaScotia #Halifax
@MikeSavageHFX @BarbaraAdamsPT @patriciaarab @GaryBurrill @ChenderMLA @SteveCraigMLA @RafahDiCostanzo @TimothyHalman @BenJessome @susanleblancMLA @bmaguirens @LisaRobertsHfx The #QuarryPond in #PointPleasantPark was a quarry in the 1800s, one of over 50 in the park that helped build the forts and walls. Small holes were made with hand-held drills and filled with explosive to blast the rock. Some drill holes can still be found at the site.
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#nspoli #ns
#Mining built #NS!
The #Amherst Red Stone #Quarry was on James Donalds' farm, east of Willow St. (1889-1914). It provided #sandstone for many Amherst heritage buildings including Bank of #NovaScotia (built 1907), Trinity-St. Stephen’s (1906) and 1st Baptist Church (1895).
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The #Amherst Red Stone #Quarry was on James Donalds' farm, east of Willow St. (1889-1914). It provided #sandstone for many Amherst heritage buildings including Bank of #NovaScotia (built 1907), Trinity-St. Stephen’s (1906) and 1st Baptist Church (1895).
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"Busy #Amherst" grew rapidly after the #IntercolonialRailway was built through town in 1876 and with the growth of industries like #coal #mining, transforming it from a village to a bustling industrial town. Many of its beautiful buildings date from that era.
#nspoli #NovaScotia
#nspoli #NovaScotia
In honour of the victims of yesterday's terror attack on #LondonBridge, a repeat of our history of that iconic bridge:
Remember the #nurseryrhyme "London Bridge is falling down"? Here's the story of #London Bridge!
#nspoli #NovaScotia #mining #ns #minerals #geology
Remember the #nurseryrhyme "London Bridge is falling down"? Here's the story of #London Bridge!
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There's been a series of bridges across the #RiverThames in #London since #Roman times, 2000 years ago. They were wooden till a stone one was built between 1176 and 1209.
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #mining #minerals #geology #builtheritage
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #mining #minerals #geology #builtheritage
The 1176 #LondonBridge stood over 600 years. The heads of traitors were impaled on it - so many that there was an official Keeper of the Heads! The first head, in 1305, was that of #WilliamWallace, the #Scottish solider #MelGibson played in #Braveheart.
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS
MANS in @Guysboro!
FACTS ABOUT GOLD AND THE ENVIRONMENT
#Gold #mining is bringing 100s of millions of $ in investment to #NovaScotia and creating 100s of jobs for #NovaScotians.
Modern mining is a sophisticated science-based activity that takes proper care of the enviro.
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FACTS ABOUT GOLD AND THE ENVIRONMENT
#Gold #mining is bringing 100s of millions of $ in investment to #NovaScotia and creating 100s of jobs for #NovaScotians.
Modern mining is a sophisticated science-based activity that takes proper care of the enviro.
#nspoli
@Guysboro #Reclamation - Before getting operating permits, #NovaScotia #mining companies must get government approval of reclamation plans and post reclamation bonds that ensure funds are available to properly take care of sites.
#nspoli #NS #minerals #geology
#nspoli #NS #minerals #geology
Historical tailings have nothing to do with modern #gold mining. #Mining today is a science-based industry that takes proper care of the environment.
Standards weren't good enough 100 years ago for mining or anything else. But that's not how we operate now.
#nspoli #NovaScotia
Standards weren't good enough 100 years ago for mining or anything else. But that's not how we operate now.
#nspoli #NovaScotia
Before getting operating permits, #NovaScotia #mining companies must get government approval of #reclamation plans and post-reclamation bonds that ensure funds are available to properly take care of sites.
#nspoli #NS #minerals #geology
#nspoli #NS #minerals #geology
