Stone Quarries
Rock of Ages #1 by Edward Burtynsky
I got excited during the opening of the new James Bond. During the big car chase, a character said, “They’re heading for the quarry!” I’m into quarries and figured something really good was going to happen. After all, the best scene in the last Bond was the chase through the construction site. But Bond-in-the-quarry was a little disappointing: no great stone moments, no Indiana Jones boulders, nothing particularly quarry-specific. Bond drives really fast, dodges a lot machine gun fire, then shoots the driver of the other car and wins. Note to villains: machine guns don’t work against Bond.
I occasionally come across links to webpages about former quarries. I’m going to try to keep some of them bookmarked here. We’ll see how many I add over time.
The best quarry scene in film is still the one in Breaking Away. That youtube link has gone dead. Garden State has a quarry scene too. I have mixed feelings about it.
The best photographs are by Edward Burtynsky. His website has a great gallery of quarry photos.
Quarries and Beyond has the most info.
Quest has a writeup on some of the old quarries in the Bay Area.
Parc des Buttes Chaumont is probably the most famous park made from a former quarry.
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