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[[Has description::'''Quarry Trip 2016'''<br>''September 11, 2016''| ]] Day trip to [http://brownstonepark.com/ Brownstone Park], Portland, CT on [[Has meeting date::September 11, 2016]] The quarry where the brownstone for Cooper's Foundation Building (and many brownstone buildings in New York) was originally sourced from is now a waterpark. See also: ''[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/nyregion/saying-goodbye-to-the-face-of-new-yorks-brownstones.html?mtrref=duckduckgo.com Bidding Farewell to a City’s Precious Stone], The New York Times (Oct. 22, 2012):''<blockquote>''After being mined on and off for centuries, the Portland Brownstone Quarries, the very last of a kind, closed down this year, and by the end of this month, the quarry’s final scraps of inventory should be gone.''</blockquote><blockquote>''...''</blockquote><blockquote>''The stone fell out of fashion, and by the 1940s, the Portland quarries, flooded by the Connecticut River in a major storm, were shuttered. It wasn’t until the mid-1990s that Mike Meehan, a geologist with a background in coal exploration, reopened the ground at the edge of the quarry, slicing chunks of brownstone off a wall about 20 feet high and 650 feet long.''</blockquote><blockquote>''But most of the area is still filled with water, and Mr. Meehan’s closest neighbor is a recreational water park, where zip lines crisscross an old brownstone quarry.''</blockquote> == Photos == <gallery mode="packed"> Brownstone Park, Connecticut.jpg|Ladders lean against the quarry walls ;) Swag on the rocks.jpg|Block party swag at the Quarry </gallery> [https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zq95o36rqkz0c1r/AACGDhwfzQTI4ag_P1QdEX7za?dl=0 📸 More photos (Dropbox 🔒)] == Emails == {{#section-h:Class Emails| 09/01/16: First class + pre-class events}} [[Category:Meetings]]
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