Image: Whiteford Quarry Fig 1 Plate XXIV WBClark 1898

Description: Plate XXIV, Figure 1 of 1898 publication called Maryland Geological Survey Volume Two. Caption: Whiteford Quarry, Cambria, Harford County The text of the book refers to the figure as follows: What has been said of the Broad Creek quarries may equally well be said of the smaller opening operated by W. Scott Whiteford about three quarters of a mile southwest of Cambria, a small station on the Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad not far from Cardiff. This is the only quarry which has made any shipments during the last year. The opening whence the material is obtained is now filled with water and does not appear at first sight very favorable. As represented in the accompanying figure (Plate XXIV Fig. 1), it is still small and there is considerable opportunity for expansion. The transportation facilities are good and the supply of material is sufficient to permit successful competition with other serpentine areas. The rock worked seems more suitable than in many of the abandoned openings of serpentine since it is firmer and somewhat more schistose. If the sawing is done parallel to the schistosity the expense is less and the slabs are relatively stronger. Cutting in this direction does not give quite as pleasing a texture to the surface but the general effect is good. The stone from the Whiteford quarry is lighter and more mottled than that from Broad Creek. In its mottling it resembles the product from abandoned openings near White Hall, Baltimore county.
Title: Whiteford Quarry Fig 1 Plate XXIV WBClark 1898
Credit: Original publication: Maryland Geological Survey Volume Two, by W. B. Clark, 1898. Johns Hopkins University Press. Immediate source: Google Books [1]
Author: William Bullock Clark, State Geologist (Life time: 1860-1917)
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License: Public domain
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