Quarry Collection (#4)

Three men observe the work of several excavators in the Apuan Alps. Behind them is an enormous block of marble already squared off and ready to be transported to the valley Massa Carrara Apuan Alps

Apuan Alps (Carrara). Monoliths being transported on sledges in the quarries Massa Carrara Apuan Alps. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Carrara. Workers in a marble quarry Carrara. Date of Photograph:1950 ca

Excavators in front of a railroad convoy loaded with blocks of marble at Ravaccione, in the Apuan Alps Massa Apuan Alps, Ravaccione. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Marble quarries in the Apuan Alps, in Tuscany Massa Carrara Apuan Alps. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Alpi Apuane (Carrara). Quarrymen and blocks of marble being squared Massa Carrara Apuan Alps. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Several men on a visit to the "Fabbricotti in Gioja" quarries in the Apuan Alps, in Tuscany Massa Carrara Apuan Alps, "Fabbricotti in Gioja. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

The cliffs of a marble quarry, in the Apuan Alps Massa Carrara Apuan Alps. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Exavators below the walls of marble in a quarry, in the Apuan Alps Massa Carrara Apuan Alps. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

A marble quarry in the Apuan Alps, in Tuscany Massa Carrara Apuan Alps. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Excavators at work at a marble quarry in the Apuan Alps, Tuscany. Some of them are seated on blocks of marble already squared off. Massa Carrara Apuan Alps. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Explosion at a marble quarry in the Apuan Alps, Tuscany Massa Carrara Apuan Alps. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Transport of an enormous convoy containing marble, along a road near a quarry in the Apuan Alps, Tuscany Massa Carrara Apuan Alps. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Some excavators at work in a marble quarry in the Apuan Alps, in Tuscany Massa Carrara Apuan Alps. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Marble quarry near Campiglia Marittima Campiglia Marittima. Date of Photograph:09/1961

Worker at work at the quarries of Carrara Carrara. Date of Photograph:1965 - 1975

Quarrymen at work at the Maghi quarry in Porretta Terme Porretta Terme Cava Maghi. Date of Photograph:ante 1878

View of the tufa caves by S. Lucia on the Mountain Chilone, Apulia. In the background three men are visible on the edge of a cave. Apulia S. Lucia on Mount Chilone. Date of Photograph:1920 - 1930 ca

Travertine stone quarry, in Serre di Rapolano Rapolano Terme Serre di Rapolano. Date of Photograph:1930 ca

The Cipollaio tunnel on the railway section Arni-Iacco in the Apuane Alps in the province of Lucca, Versilia Stazzema. Date of Photograph:1928

View of Valle del Serra from Desiata Bridge with the marble quarries along the road section Seravezza-Trambiserra in the Apuane Alps, Versilia Seravezza. Date of Photograph:1928

The Pietraio (stony ground) with the quarries of Michelangelo in the Apuane Alps, in the province of Lucca, Versilia Seravezza. Date of Photograph:1928

View of Gobbie road with the marble quarries in the locality of Tre Fiumi in the Apuane Alps in Garfagnana (LU) Lucca. Date of Photograph:1928

Wagon setting off for the quarries at Ravaccione, near Carrara Carrara Ravaccione. Date of Photograph:1896.1998 ca

Loading blocks of marble at the quarry of Ravaccione Carrara. Date of Photograph:1890-1900

Ravaccione quarries near Carrara Carrara Ravaccione. Date of Photograph:1890 ca

A Stage in the working of marble in the quarries near Carrara Carrara Marble quarries. Date of Photograph:1890 ca

Delabole Slate Quarry in Cornwall, is one of the largest Quarries in England. Floors and roofing are the main things for which the skate is used. The quarry goes down to a depth of 500 feet

Penlee stone quarry, Newlyn, Cornwall. Rock-boring machine driven by compressed air drilling a hole for an explosive charge

Blaenau Ffestiniog is a historic mining town in the historic county of Merionethshire, Wales, 13th May 1968

Dark red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens ), a rare orchid. 90% of the British population grow at this old quarry at Bishop Middleham, County Durham, England, UK. July

Harebells (Campanula rotundifolia) growing in disused limestone quarry. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August

Granite Quarries, Trawool, Victoria, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Granite Quarries, Trawool, Victoria, 1901. Trawool in central Victoria, on the middle reaches of the Goulburn River, first explored by Hume and Hovell in 1824, was later settled as a sheep station

Cornwallis Cave, Yorktown, Virginia, USA. This cavern, created by stone quarrying for building material, was once believed to be the grotto into which British General Cornwallis retreated to avoid

Ochre quarry of Roussillon, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, Southern France, April 2006

Granite Quarrymen's Huts, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Granite Quarrymen's Huts, 1857. Accommodation for stone-workers in Scotland. One of the vast natural depots is the granite quarries at Rubislaw (pronounced Robsley), within a mile of Aberdeen

Blasting the Granite Rock, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Blasting the Granite Rock, 1857. One of the vast natural depots is the granite quarries at Rubislaw (pronounced Robsley), within a mile of Aberdeen [in Scotland]...The area already worked is several

Cragg Quarry 35134_037
Cragg Quarry, Cowpe Moss, Lancashire, 2021

Kettleness quarries 34113_012
Former alum quarries and jet workings at Kettleness, North Yorkshire, 2019

Kettleness quarries 34113_013
Former alum quarries and jet workings at Kettleness, North Yorkshire, 2019

Melbur China Clay Works 33707_001
Melbur China Clay Works, Cornwall, 2018

Swithland Reservoir 33499_042
Swithland Reservoir Water Works and Mountsorrel Quarry, Leicestershire, 2018

Cotswold Farm Park 33279_043
Cotswold Farm Park, Gloucestershire, 2016. BBC Countryfile

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_047
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_037
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_040
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_053
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Europe, Italy, Tuscany. The active marble quarry Gioia seen from above

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