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Woolery Stone Company
Woolery Stone Company is a historic limestone quarry and manufacturing complex located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The property includes a variety of buildings, structures, and objects associated with the production of dimensional limestone. These include the limestone faced International Style headquarters building, metal mill
Iconic 'Breaking Away' quarry filled in
2018/11/26A limestone quarry shown in the 1979 movie "Breaking Away" has been filled in so that it is no longer recognizable as the famous — or infamous — swimming hole it used to be. Representatives from Indiana Limestone Co. declined to comment last week on whether the limestone provider had filled Sanders Quarry, which is commonly referred to as Rooftop.
Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington is an area of irregular limestone terrain characterized by sinks, ravines, fissures, underground streams, sinking streams, springs and caves. It is in the rolling hills of southern Indiana, resting on the intersection of the Norman Uplands and the Mitchell Plain.
INDIANA LIMESTONE COLLECTION CA. 1910
1891 nearly every Indiana quarry sent its largest amount of limestone to New York. Hoosier stone companies actively Hoosier stone companies actively courted architects and contractors from major cities around the country, bringing them to the state by train to attend
Woolery Stone Company
Woolery Stone Company is a historic limestone quarry and manufacturing complex located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The property includes a variety of buildings, structures, and objects associated with the production of dimensional limestone. These include the limestone faced International Style headquarters building, metal mill
Indiana limestone quarry featured in movie gets filled in
2018/11/27BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana limestone quarry featured in the 1979 movie Breaking Away has been filled in following years of safety concerns. Sanders Quarry south of Bloomington was recently filled in, The Herald-Times reported..
Limestone Post Magazine in Bloomington, Indiana
2017/08/10In her first article for Limestone Post, Yal Ksander, a producer at WFIU, takes an in-depth look at the collaboration between photographer Jeffrey Wolin and writer Scott Russell Sanders, whose two books (published 30 years apart) are a chronicle of our quarries — the workers, rock, and cultural histories of the Indiana limestone industry. Click here to read the full story.
Indiana limestone quarry featured in movie gets filled in
2018/11/27BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana limestone quarry featured in the 1979 movie Breaking Away has been filled in following years of safety concerns. Sanders Quarry south of Bloomington was recently filled in, The Herald-Times reported..
INDIANA LIMESTONE COLLECTION CA. 1910
1891 nearly every Indiana quarry sent its largest amount of limestone to New York. Hoosier stone companies actively Hoosier stone companies actively courted architects and contractors from major cities around the country, bringing them to the state by train to attend
quarry industry Archives
2020/01/21Monroe County Commission Plans Limestone Quarry Heritage Park Laurie D. Borman Writer Laurie D. Borman reports on a project by the Monroe County Plan Commission to turn a 100-acre former quarry property into a limestone heritage park that would highlight the history of the local limestone industry and the art of stonecutting, as well as provide an arts venue open to the public.
INDIANA LIMESTONE COLLECTION CA. 1910
1891 nearly every Indiana quarry sent its largest amount of limestone to New York. Hoosier stone companies actively Hoosier stone companies actively courted architects and contractors from major cities around the country, bringing them to the state by train to attend
Rooftop Quarry
2009/08/08Quarry jumping and swimming have been popular in the Bloomington area for decades, and before the construction of Lake Monroe quarries were some of the only places to swim in the area. Rooftop Quarry, originally named "Sanders Quarry", is owned by Indiana Limestone Company and is marked with multiple "No Trespassing" signs.
Limestone Post Magazine in Bloomington, Indiana
2017/08/10In her first article for Limestone Post, Yal Ksander, a producer at WFIU, takes an in-depth look at the collaboration between photographer Jeffrey Wolin and writer Scott Russell Sanders, whose two books (published 30 years apart) are a chronicle of our quarries — the workers, rock, and cultural histories of the Indiana limestone industry. Click here to read the full story.
Woolery Stone Company
Woolery Stone Company is a historic limestone quarry and manufacturing complex located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The property includes a variety of buildings, structures, and objects associated with the production of dimensional limestone. These include the limestone faced International Style headquarters building, metal mill