Difference between revisions of "Chuckanut sandstone"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A pinkish-brown color, [ | + | 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. |
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Revision as of 08:58, 13 January 2014
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