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Article: Replicating a stone icon with Texas limestone: TexaStone Quarries of Garden City, TX, took on a project of mammoth scale when it committed to quarrying enough North Cream limestone to recreate Stonehenge, the renowned prehistoric structure.(Limestone)
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- Stone World
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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Three years ago, TexaStone Quarries in Garden City, TX, received a request like none other. An inquiry was received for the company to help recreate Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, north of Salisbury in southwestern England, which dates from the late Stone and early Bronze ages--about 3000 to 1000 BC. Intrigued by the idea, TexaStone Quarries agreed to supply the tremendous amount of limestone needed for the project.
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"In 2002, an individual walked through the doors of TexaStone Quarries and said that he wanted to build a replica of Stonehenge," said Brenda Edwards, co-owner with her husband Connie of ...