Ochee Spring Quarry
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ochee-spring-quarry-295-72090
title:
Ochee Spring Quarry
text:
Ochee Spring Quarry is an historic quarry in Johnston, Rhode Island. Located on a privately owned outcrop of land behind 787 Hartford Avenue, the quarry was a source of steatite (soapstone), a relatively soft stone easily workable into containers. Native Americans are known to have used this quarry. A study of the site conducted in the mid-1980s concluded that the quarry was probably worked in an organized manner, to produce containers in a variety of sizes. Items made from this quarry have been
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encyclopedia
description:
United States historic place
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochee_Spring_Quarry
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date modified:
2023-08-08T01:43:14Z
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