Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Couple Pics from Quarry Park

Machine that hoists the granite blocks up.

This is the edge of a granite saw.  A woman stood in the center of the saw and her head came up to the hole in the center.  She said she was 5 foot 6 inches so that would make the blade 11 feet in diameter.

Some of the water in the quarry holes is from underground springs and some is from rain run-off.

This tree growing out of the rock must have a "can do" attitude.

The black basalt intruded into the granite and forced the two sides apart.

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