Lime quarrying and limemaking in the San Juan Islands


Title Cover Image: Lime

Formed through eons of geologic time and sculpted by glaciers, the limestone deposits along the islands' shores provided the essential ingredient for the block and mortar that built and rebuilt the West Coast's major cities. Read all about the islands' economic booms and busts, dramatic changes to the landscape, bloody murder, contentious lawsuits, and deadly shipwrecks.

Author(s): Boyd C. Pratt
Document: Book · Paperback · CIRC [ 1 ]
Edition: 1st Edition
Published: 2016
Physical Description: 53 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Genre: History
Subjects:

Carrières (Exploitations minières) Washington (État) San Juan, Archipel de Histoire, Chaux Industrie Washington (État) San Juan, Archipel de Histoire, Economic history, History, Lime industry, Lime industry Washington (State) San Juan Islands History, Quarries and quarrying, Quarries and quarrying Washington (State) San Juan Islands History, Sa

Related Places: San Juan County

 

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The Cascade District: Encyclopedia Library Book Paperback 1st Edition 2016 Mulno Cove Publishing, Friday Harbor, 2016

 

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