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Beginning May 17, GDOT crews will be blasting granite on a stretch of I-285 in Sandy Springs. Work is expected to last six months.
Blasting is scheduled to take place Tuesday at the Swenson Granite quarry in Concord as the Canadian firm that owns the company continues preparations for what could be a resumption of granite ...
The sandblast curtain prevented the airborne granite and abrasive dust from leaving the blowing room. After a first stage of sandblasting, the stencil cutter might add or remove additional pieces of ...
Two Westerly Department of Public Works employees are recovering after being hit with a piece of granite.Town officials said it happened Wednesday morning during a scheduled blast at a nearby ...
Seventy-five years ago today, on July 9, 1948, 20 tons of explosives were used to bring down a granite hill in Missing Gorge in what was then a record for a commercial blast in the county. Rocks bl… ...
The federal government has cited a Massachusetts blasting company for its role in a Westerly quarry blast that injured two workers and damaged nearby buildings.The Mine Safety and Health ...