I'm so eager to share with you about my trip -- previewed in this column -- to the birthplace of our German Village sandstone curbs. You'll recall that German Village Society Historic Preservation ...

EAST LONGMEADOW -- When town historian Bruce Moore was growing up in the 1960s, he and his buddies spent hours exploring the sandstone quarries that fueled the community's booming economy from the ...

Sandstone from Locharbriggs has been used on many buildings in Glasgow and Edinburgh Plans have been lodged to extend the life of a south of Scotland quarry There are currently supplies to last about ...

The material, which has been used in a home built by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Buffalo’s City Hall and the Hockey Hall of Fame, was discovered in 1822 by John Baldwin — the founder of ...

The city of Amherst has long been known for its sandstone from the quarries, earning the town the mantra of “The Sandstone Capital of the World.” And the Amherst Historical Society knows this. As part ...

High on a sandstone cliff above Interstate 70 and the Eagle River sits a massive steel wheel, some timbers and a few bits of other metal. They are remnants from a 19th century sandstone quarry that ...

In a photo from June 2000, Bruce Moore sits at the Pine Quarry Conservation Area in East Longmeadow. Don't Edit When East Longmeadow historian Bruce Moore was growing up in the 1960s, he and his ...

STAFFORD, Va. – Slaves and free men toiled long days on a small island on Aquia Creek, quarrying the sandstone that was used to build the White House and the Capitol. More than 200 years later, ...

The historic town of Ross in Tasmania's Northern Midlands boasts many beautiful and significant sites. Now plans are underway to make the local sandstone quarry the next big tourist attraction in the ...

Plans have been lodged to extend the life of a south of Scotland quarry There are currently supplies to last about three years but they hope to extend it for a further 15 Sandstone from the area has ...