marble quarry

collocation in English

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marble
noun
uk
/ˈmɑː.bəl/us
/ˈmɑːr.bəl/
a type of very hard rock that has a pattern of lines going through it, feels cold, and can be polished to become smooth ...
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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 ofmarbleandquarryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The town has been mostly agricultural throughout its existence, although several small mills and amarblequarryexisted in the nineteenth century.
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Industries would include a cotton factory, sawmill, gristmill, pail factory, paper mill, woolen factory, iron foundry, andmarblequarry.
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The village has a population of 550 and is famous for itsmarblequarry.
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Those who built the house was a group of radical agricultural labourers and workers at the nearby sawmill and at themarblequarry.
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There is amarblequarryto the west of the village.
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In 1940, amarblequarryopened, but closed shortly thereafter due to the war.
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The site of amarblequarryfrom 1810 to 1947 and a privately owned tourist attraction from 1950 to 1983, the site became a state park in 1985.
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There are such industries, and there are industries which can be induced to revive—the lime industry, the tweed industry, the slate and marble quarries, and products from sea-ware.
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There has been social resistance, for example, to the activities of mining firms conducting marble quarrying.
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Since 1964, surveys have established the existence of a deep-level zinc-lead deposit, but the only mining activity on the island has been marble quarrying.
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The modern economic activities include also marble quarries, production of olives, vine, almonds, cherries and mulberries.
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The mansion overlooked a grand estate of orchards, ironworks, coal mining, marble quarries, mills, and mercantile interests.
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Several marble quarries are currently active in the pure white crystalline marble of the massif.
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It lies on a natural foundation which has been degraded by a number of aggregate and marble quarries.
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Only a small amount of the marble quarried ever reached the finishing mill.
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Underground reserves include marble quarries, deposits of basalt, slate for constructions and clay for ceramics.
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By the 1840s small firms had begun operations, but marble quarries only became profitable when the railroad arrived in 1851.
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In addition to the marble quarries, the city has academies of sculpture and fine arts and a museum of statuaries and antiquities, and a yearly marble technology fair.
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