Originally Posted by
jbell_64
This whole area is littered with stone quarries. Washington monument, the Pentagon, Chicago water tower, among many other cathedrals all came from within miles of each other.
Actually, the stone for the Washington Monument stone came from Texas, Maryland and Massachusetts. Many states provided memorial stones but the the main construction stones were from the aforementioned states. Breaking Away is one of my favorite go to movies.
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