Industry - Mining: Quarrying
Texada Island Heritage Society

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Texada Island has been a continuous source of high quality limestone supplying British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest with cement, chemical and agricultural grade limestone. The limestone is drilled, blasted and hauled to crushers where it is crushed to size then shipped to the costumer via barge.

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Accession Number: 2006.10.18
Title: Shovel loading railcars at Blubber Bay circa 1928
 

Accession Number: 2006.10.161
Title: Shovel loading railcars at Blubber Bay

Accession Number: 2006.82.57
Title: Chinese workers in #1 Quarry (Glory Hole) Quarried by hand to a depth of 200ft
 

Accession Number: 2007.133.24
Title: Drilling holes to blast.
 

Accession Number: 2006.88.49
Title: Loading Limestone at Ideal Cement circa 1964
 

Accession Number: 2006.82.60
Title: #1 Quarry at Blubber Bay circa 1910

Accession Number: 2007.10.180
Title: 4000 ton Barge load of Limestone leaving Blubber Bay.

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