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Another #socialdistancing activity: visit #NovaScotia parks that contain former mines/quarries!
#Granite from #TerenceBay was used in heritage buildings in the 1800s and early 1900s. This former quarry is now part of the #TerenceBayWildernessArea.
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#Granite from #TerenceBay was used in heritage buildings in the 1800s and early 1900s. This former quarry is now part of the #TerenceBayWildernessArea.
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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.
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#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.
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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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #NS #mining
#Halifax has many former #quarries that are hidden in plain sight!
Here are examples:
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Here are examples:
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@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.
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#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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#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.
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In the 1800s, #NovaScotia sold the best #grindstones in #NorthAmerica! A #grindstone is a round stone, usually #sandstone, used for sharpening tools. #LowerCove in #Cumberland County was the main area where the #stones were extracted, shaped and exported from.
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The biggest company was #Atlantic #Grindstone which operated from 1831 to the early 1900s in #LowerCove because it had excellent quality #sandstone and access to #tidewater for exporting. Access to tidewater is still a key advantage for #NovaScotia #mining companies.
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Prior to the 1800s, #Acadians produced #grindstones from #LowerCove and other sites on #ChignectoBay for domestic use. The #British army used grindstones from #LowerCove to sharpen their weapons in the #Warof1812.
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Been watching season 3 of #TheCrown?
Despite 2000 years of stone construction, #London has no indigenous building stone. Its geology is sand, gravel and clay. Stone has been imported since #Roman times along the #RiverThames to build that amazing city.
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Despite 2000 years of stone construction, #London has no indigenous building stone. Its geology is sand, gravel and clay. Stone has been imported since #Roman times along the #RiverThames to build that amazing city.
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To build #Londinium (starting in 47 AD), Romans imported stone from many places in #England and from as far away as #Egypt, #Greece and #Italy. Part of the Roman defensive wall is still visible and many buildings have been uncovered (amphitheatre, forum, bath houses, etc)
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Medieval #London had narrow streets and timber-framed, thatch houses so the #GreatFireofLondon destroyed much of it in 1666. Legislation afterward required stone or brick construction to prevent future fires. #Halifax NS passed a similar bylaw in 1857 after several fires.
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Many #NovaScotia #mines/#quarries in the 1800s used tramways (horse-drawn wagons on rails) to transport rock. They were ancestors to our first railways because they showed the advantage of steel rails (instead of wood) and gave a platform for early locomotive experiments.
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#NovaScotia's first railway (meaning it was powered by steam, not horses) was the Albion Mines Railway in Stellarton, built in 1839 to haul coal from the #Stellarton mines to docks in #Pictou Harbour. It was only the second steam railway in Canada. It operated until 1961.
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Samson, the oldest locomotive in Canada, was 1 of the iron horses imported from England in 1839 to haul Albion Mines trains. Retired in 1883, it was displayed at Chicago's World Fair, in Baltimore, #Halifax and #NewGlasgow. Today it's at the Stellarton Museum of Industry.
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MINING AND QUARRYING #LABOURDAY FACTS
Today’s #mining and #quarrying industry is a sophisticated, science-based business that provides essential materials we all use every day – and a very different industry than in the past.
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Today’s #mining and #quarrying industry is a sophisticated, science-based business that provides essential materials we all use every day – and a very different industry than in the past.
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#Mining/#quarrying employs 5500 #NovaScotians and generates $420 million per year in economic activity.
97% of jobs at #NovaScotia #mines and #quarries are filled by Nova Scotians. The industry is committed to hiring locally.
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97% of jobs at #NovaScotia #mines and #quarries are filled by Nova Scotians. The industry is committed to hiring locally.
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#Mining is #NovaScotia’s highest-paying resource industry. Its average wage is over $55,000 per year – on par with the province’s financial services sector - and an entry-level job like haul truck driver pays an average of $25 per hour.
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