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Mr. D Ralter
    
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Northern California
Gender: Male
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity
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< on 8/3/2011 12:06 AM >
|  | | | Took a walk up the creek today and found this. The area was used as a quarry for mining the sandstone approximately 1908 until 1967. Blasting and steam shovels were used to excavate the hillside bedrock materials. Electric-powered cars and belt conveyors were used to haul the rock to a crushing plant, into two underground tunnels, and to a loading station. The next owner used it for a picnic area for employees. This place is really overgrown so it was difficult to get shots of the remnants of the quarry, which includes two concrete lined tunnels. I could only find one.
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[last edit 8/3/2011 3:12 AM by Mr. D Ralter - edited 2 times]
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Vectored Approach
 
location:
Morgan Hill, CA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 1 on 8/3/2011 1:05 AM >
| | | | To quote SinCalRyder: "When you upload pics make sure to uncheck the "Create Pop-up Images" box under the Quick Gallery Creator."
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. -George Carlin (1937 - 2008) |
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Mr. D Ralter
location:
Northern California
Gender: Male
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity
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<Reply # 2 on 8/3/2011 3:19 AM >
| | | | Posted by Vectored Approach
To quote SinCalRyder: "When you upload pics make sure to uncheck the "Create Pop-up Images" box under the Quick Gallery Creator."
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I have fixed the issue and I hope you enjoy my pictures of benches and picnic tables. Are you wondering whats in that big concrete structure? Probably nothing. I was about to enter and I heard some loud noises from something that sounded big. I took off and will save it for another day.
-Mr. D. Ralter |
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madcap
Gender: Male
not that kind of doctor
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<Reply # 3 on 8/3/2011 3:58 AM >
| | | | nice set, thanks for fixing it my phone & tablet hate those tiny link/pics. you might post some of these to nature wins thread in the photography sections. they might like them too. welcome to the community.
-madcap
i am the other yourself.
"Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name. Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors. The voice might be one and the same. I've heard it too many times to ignore it. It's something that I'm supposed to be." http://www.flickr....orers/collections/ |
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Vectored Approach
location:
Morgan Hill, CA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 4 on 8/3/2011 6:28 AM >
| | | | Thanks for fixing. I am now enjoying pictures of picnic tables and BBQs being taken over by nature. And the tunnel is absolutely awesome. You must buddy up and go check that stuff out. That Confined Space sign is very inviting.
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. -George Carlin (1937 - 2008) |
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seany
  
location:
Santa Clara, California, USA
Gender: Male
| |  |  |  | | Re: The Quarry
<Reply # 5 on 8/3/2011 6:36 PM >
| | | | interesting. I know exactly where this is but have never gone to look at it.
Where did you find info about it?
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