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Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada (1912)

Parks, William A, Canada. Mines Branch · Ottawa : Dept. of Mines · leaf 54

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ieshave long been abandoned, chiefly because the stone had been removed overthe entire property controlled by the owner to a depth beyond whichprofitable quarrying was impossible. Many of the older quarries, particu-larly in the vicinity of St. Denis street, have been filled in and built on.This… … Montreal limestone. Maitineaus quarry, Mile End group, Montreal. Plate III.

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