granite quarry

collocation in English

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granite
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡræn.ɪt/us
/ˈɡræn.ɪt/
a very hard, grey, pink, or black rock, used ...
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quarry
noun
uk
/ˈkwɒr.i/us
/ˈkwɔːr.i/
a large artificial hole in the ground where stone, sand, etc. is dug for use as ...
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(Definition ofgraniteandquarryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most of the island consists of gneiss, although the lighthouse was constructed of rock from a smallgranitequarry.
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Around 1900, agranitequarrywas located on the east side of the lake.
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It was opened with only a basic wood platform and shelter in connection with the adjacentgranitequarryand the associated worker's houses.
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He invested in other businesses including agranitequarry.
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The area is mainly farming now but has a long history of well over 200 years ofgranitequarry.
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A somewhat lower-lyinggranitequarrycan be seen from a long way off.
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A smallgranitequarrywas also operated by the plantation.
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There was agranitequarry.
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It was originally a disusedgranitequarry.
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Most died in thegranitequarry.
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Granite quarrying on the immediate mainland was on a much grander scale and although intermittent - ceasing altogether between the 1920s and 1986 - was clearly often rather profitable.
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The construction material is directly ancillary to the granite quarrying industry.
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There is the side which presents itself to men, like myself, who represent constituencies where there are granite quarries.
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Against them must be set thirty-six granite quarries, employing 665 persons, which were at work in 1908 and not in 1905.
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I think that in the silica industries we get for workmen employed in granite quarries 5.7 and 15.2 for grinders.
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We have granite quarries, whisky distilleries, and factories for the processing of the meat and dairy produce of the area.
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And the advent of cheaper, though inferior, roofing materials has meant rapid contraction of our slate and granite quarries.
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There is considerable industry there, and, in addition, there is not only the slate industry but granite quarries.
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