Sentences with phrase «gravel quarry»

The former is an 8.5 - mile circuit in the French countryside; the latter is a 1.5 - mile bullring around a former gravel quarry.
The block Houston and colleagues studied was recovered a decade ago from a gravel quarry at Cascajal, part of Veracruz, near what was the Olmec capital.
Cary officials are sounding the alarm that the 260 - acre Hoffman Farm might soon be annexed by Lake in the Hills and turned into a gravel quarry.
Centex Homes, Schaumburg, has proposed building 428 townhouses, 157 single - family homes and 415 apartments on 163.6 acres of a former gravel quarry on Illinois Highway 25 north of Bolz Road.

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«They recalled back their workers, they are purchasing quarry, gravel, cement, iron rods, the economy is on its way back to a mend.
For a steeper challenge — literally — we visited a quarry brimming with quarry - like terrain, namely rocks, loose gravel and mountain made up of both.
Mori Point was a site of gravel and sand extraction during World War II; quarrying and later off - road vehicle use left the landscape scarred.
From racing across a quarry in the Australian Outback to competing in real - life racecourses, there's a little something for everyone in Gravel, whether you prefer to pick up and play, or hone your skills to perfection.
The spit had been a quarry and gravel - loading pier and, after years of efforts by local citizens, land - preservation groups and state government, now is simply a place to walk a dog and enjoy thickening, albeit viny, woods and extraordinary views of the Hudson Highlands.
Materials Whether it's clearcuts for lumber, quarries for sand and gravel, oil drilling for asphalt and roofing, or the huge amounts of CO2 generated in concrete manufacture, construction of buildings have a direct impact on the environment.
Within the claim area a number of reserves had been gazetted for different purposes, including, public purposes, conservation, recreation, parkland, agricultural research, gravel, quarry and drainage purposes.
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