Quarries — may refer to:* Quarry, a type of open pit mine, generally associated with the extraction of stone, or sometimes fuel * Quarries (biblical) … Wikipedia
Quarries — 1) The Royal Quarries (not found in Scripture) is the name given to the vast caverns stretching far underneath the northern hill, Bezetha, on which Jerusalem is built. Out of these mammoth caverns stones, a hard lime stone, have been quarried… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Quarries (biblical) — Quarries (1.) The Royal Quarries (see Zedekiah s Cave) not found in Scripture is the namegiven to the vast caverns stretching far underneath the northern hill, Bezetha, on which Jerusalem is built. Out of these mammoth caverns stones, a hard… … Wikipedia
Quarries of the Mendip Hills — The Mendip Hills are the most southerly Carboniferous Limestone Upland in Britain and are found in northern Somerset.They are composed of three major anticlinal structures, each with a core of older Devonian sandstone and Silurian volcanic rocks … Wikipedia
quarries — quar·ry || kwÉ‘rɪ , kwÉ” / kwÉ’ n. pit where stone is mined; game, animals which are hunted; prey, victim; thing which is chased, object of a pursuit; windowpane; rich source of something v. hew, chisel; dig, excavate, mine; look for, seek … English contemporary dictionary
quarries — Same as quarry tiles … Dictionary of automotive terms
Portland Brownstone Quarries — Infobox nrhp | name = Portland Brownstone Quarries nrhp type =nhl caption = location = Brownstone Ave. and Silver St., Portland, Connecticut lat degrees = 41 | lat minutes = 34 | lat seconds = 32 | lat direction = N long degrees = 72 | long… … Wikipedia
Quincy Quarries Reservation — The Quincy Quarries, in Quincy, Massachusetts, were the site of the first railroad in the United States and produced granite for over a century. The quarries are now open to the public as a recreation area. HistoryIn 1825, after an exhaustive… … Wikipedia
Stone quarries of ancient Egypt — The Stone quarries of ancient Egypt (now archaeological sites) once produced quality stone for the construction of decorative monuments such as sculptures and obelisks. Some of these sites are well identified and the chemical composition of their … Wikipedia
Burlington Slate Quarries — are located near Kirkby in Furness in SW Cumbria,England. They have produced a characteristic blue grey slate for hundreds of years with large scale production starting in the early 1800s when the Cavendish family organised small scale quarrying… … Wikipedia
