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| − | A medium grain, gray [ | + | 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. |
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* Website address 1 Comment: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_washington_DC.html | * Website address 1 Comment: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_washington_DC.html | ||
Revision as of 20:50, 30 April 2016
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.
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- 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