Difference between revisions of "Chuckanut sandstone"
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| − | * | + | * External source or communication Comment: Contributed information by J. Dixey (3/8/04) |
| − | * | + | * Website address 1 Comment: http://www.cob.org/pcd/cd/historic/tour/18.htm - contains image of building with facade made of Chuckanut sandstone |
* Website address 2 Comment: History of Chuckanut Stone Quarry at http://www.kurtswanson.com/info/chuckanutquarry.html | * Website address 2 Comment: History of Chuckanut Stone Quarry at http://www.kurtswanson.com/info/chuckanutquarry.html | ||
Revision as of 06:28, 24 July 2013
Description
A pinkish-brown color, sandstone quarried in the Chuckanut Mountains in northwest Washington State. Chuckanut sandstone was quarried from 1856 to 1908. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the stone was used in the construction of buildings in many towns in the northwest including Seattle, Portland, and Bellingham.
Authority
- External source or communication Comment: Contributed information by J. Dixey (3/8/04)
- Website address 1 Comment: http://www.cob.org/pcd/cd/historic/tour/18.htm - contains image of building with facade made of Chuckanut sandstone
- Website address 2 Comment: History of Chuckanut Stone Quarry at http://www.kurtswanson.com/info/chuckanutquarry.html