Hoosier Quarry, Near Bedford, Ind.

Wagner Free Institute of Science - Engineering 1: The Materials of Engineering Construction

About

Subject

Civil engineering--Materials
Quarries and quarrying
Hoosier quarries (Lawrence County, Ind.)
Lantern slides

Description

Glass lantern slide of the Hoosier Quarry. Dirt seams are visible in the stone and men are in the quarry. The slide is a reproduction of an image from the article "Bedford-Louisville Excursion: Notes on Bedford Stone, Louisville Cement and Other Things" in “Journal of the Western Society of Engineers,” Vol. 1, no. 5, October, 1896. Text below the image reads: "Figure 138. Hoosier Quarry, Near Bedford, Ind. Showing Dirt Seams." No label on slide. Used to illustrate the course "Materials of Engineering Construction" which was taught between 1893-1950 at the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, Pa.

Creator

Wagner Free Institute of Science

Date

1896

Location Covered

Lawrence County (Ind.)

Type

Image

Original Format

Lantern Slides

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

LS0003

Rights

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Contact

Wagner Free Institute of Science Library & Archives. 1700 W Montgomery Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19121. Contact the Library at 215-763-6529 x12 or library@wagnerfreeinstitute.org

Contributing Institution

Wagner Free Institute of Science

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.