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Aquia Creek sandstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Aquia Creek sandstone is a type of brown to light-gray freestone used ... Quarried atAquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia, the stone was valuable for its ease  ...

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The Public Quarry at Government Island in Stafford County, Virginia is the principal source of Aquia Creek sandstone, a building stone used in many of the early  ...

[PDF]America's Historic Stone Quarry - GoStaffordVa.com

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yah) sandstone or “freestone,” was a highly desirable building material ... quarry‟s location along Aquia Creek, a major tributary of the ... Stafford, Virginia 22554.

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Sep 30, 2002 - STAFFORD, Va. - Slaves and free men toiled long days on a small island on Aquia Creek, quarrying the sandstone that was used to build the ...

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Aquia freestone

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Aquia freestone quarry on Stafford County property owned by the Brent ... Thesandstone quarries at Aquia Creek, just up from Aquia Landing at Brent ... The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse in Virginia was built with the sandstone from Aquia.

Landmarks: Aquia Sandstone

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Jul 16, 2012 - Aquia Sandstone Quarry Government Island ... in Virginia including William's Ordinary in Dumfries, Aquia Church, ... The "island" is a peninsula at the confluence of Austin Run and Aquia Creek just down from Aquia Harbour.

Historic Aquia Sandstone Quarry Site Soon To Be Park Site

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Government Island is 17-acres of woods, marshes and stone in Aquia Creek, Va., a tributary of the tidal area of the Potomac. Aquia sandstone, known as  ...

[PDF]Fact Sheet PDF (4.13 MB) - USGS

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George Washington selected the Aquia Creek sandstone ... Washington, D.C.—purchased a quarry about 40 miles ... Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia.

Sandstone Industry | Librarypoint

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In 1652 the Governor of Virginia set aside fifty acres for the town of Aquia, about ...While there were a number of small quarries along Aquia Creek, much of the  ...