Difference between revisions of "Dix Island granite"
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| − | * | + | * Website address 1 Comment: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_washington_DC.html |
* Website address 2 Comment: http://www.cagenweb.com/quarries/states/me-maine_granite_quarry_list2.html | * Website address 2 Comment: http://www.cagenweb.com/quarries/states/me-maine_granite_quarry_list2.html | ||
Revision as of 07:29, 24 July 2013
Description
A medium grain, gray granite quarried on Dix Island, Maine, from the mid 19th century. Dix Island granite was used for the U.S. Treasury building, the New York Post Office, and the Charleston Custom House.
Authority
- Website address 1 Comment: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_washington_DC.html
- Website address 2 Comment: http://www.cagenweb.com/quarries/states/me-maine_granite_quarry_list2.html