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Why Aberdeen is called Granite city?
Because most of the buildings were built of granite which was quarried locally at Rubislaw Quarry. When the quarry was operational, it was the deepest in Europe but it is now closed (because the granite has all been used up) and has been infilled with waste matter from the city.
What country has been called The Queen of the Antilles?
Cuba.
How do you deal with a quarry once it is disused?
That will depend on many things, such as the laws of the particular country and the local geology. Two things that have been done in the past are using it for landfill, and flooding it to make a watersports/nature amenity.
Who has been called the fathr of our country?
George Washington
What are Quarry's?
A place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted.
What are individuals called who have been forced to leave their country?
When you have to leave a country you are being deported or exiled.
What was the pyramid built out of?
I would imagine the huge bricks that they are built of would have been cut out of sandstone, at a nearby quarry.
How much limestone would you get in an average quarry?
This past week I visited a limestone quarry that has been mining limestone in one place for 40 years. In that time, they will have mined millions of tons of limestone. Usually nearly ALL the rock is limestone, so the answer will depend on the size (area) of the quarry, how deep you can mine, and presence of any "trash" rock.
How long has whatley quarry been around?
It started in 1937, so has been around for 72 years and they predict it will last approximately 20 more years.
How many men did it take to drag a limestone block from the quarry to the egytpian pyramid?
it has been estimated that it took a gang of twenty men
How do you use quarried in a sentence?
It refers to a material having been dug out of the ground, in a quarry. "The granite was quarried in Vermont, and shipped to Washington."
What came first turkey-the chicken or turkey-the country?
The turkey (chicken) was before the country because Turkey wasn't always called turkey
