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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Solitude in stone...


Growing up in Carthage Missouri it was made known early on that I lived in the "Limestone Capital of the World", which for years only meant that there were a lot of rocks around. At 16 and a new driver, I found the "Quarry Quarter", a strip of road out in the country, that ran past a VERY large hole in the earth that Limestone was quarried from and turned into marble by Carthage Marble. The "quarter mile" had been marked off and that became one of two locations were you could find out how fast your parents car was. It was obvious that you had to run North as if you ran South you would run into the "T" at the start, and crash. You also didn't want to veer to the East as you would go over the rim of the quarry and drop a hundred feet or so onto a limestone floor. That happened once without good results.

In addition to Carthage Marble, another company, Locarni Marble, was located just south and across the street. Locarni furnished the building trade "Art Marble" of various colors and origins. Absolutely stunning marble was finished by them and sent all over the United States and Canada. Recently the company closed and I got permission from the Real Estate Agent to enter the buildings and photograph the working and storage areas. The buildings and areas are protected by video surveillance to prevent theft and damage from vandals. It is interesting that the cameras also have night vision. These are some of the images from the session.

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