Photograph
Quarry at Devil's Lake
A worker is pulling a wheelbarrow behind him while walking alongside a narrow gauge railroad track at the south end of the East Bluff near Devil's Lake. Empty cars are sitting on the track in the background at the base of a an exposed rocky bluff. There is another set of tracks on the right. A train engine is in the distance. There are other workers in the background. |
Image ID: | 131108 |
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Creation Date: | 07 1936 |
Creator Name: | Marquardt |
City: | Baraboo |
County: | Sauk |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Wisconsin Conservation Department photographs and films, 1930-1957 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH Series 2375.1.16 |
Original Dimensions: | 7 x 5 inches |
Quartzite was mined at this site by the American Refractories Co. and sold as crushed rock until 1967. This quarry was just outside the boundaries of Devil's Lake State Park, and the land became part of the park in 1978. |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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