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Sandstone Center of the World
Images and stories of quarry life in Amhest, South
Amherst, and Lorain County, Ohio
by James Hieb (Foreword by Sally Cornwell)
The Amherst (Lorain County, Ohio) region has long been
known as the "Sandstone Center of the World." Today the
Cleveland Quarries Company are one of the leading
sandstone quarriers in the nation. This book explores the
rich history of quarry life, and the dozens of companies
that quarried sandstone in Lorain County during the past
160 years. No place more dramatically portrays man's
victory over nature.
From Quarrytown.net Publishing, 2007, 124 pages, paperback
(preview first 15 pages)

Available in Lorain County at: Amherst Historical
Society, Oberlin Heritage Center, Mindfair Books (Oberlin), or
the Lorain County Community College Bookstore

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