Quarry Happenings

DINKY SWITCH ENGINE The quarry's engine, called the dinky switch engine, was constantly moving sandstone around the  quarry.  It pulled flat cars loaded with mill blocks to the saw mill. It hauled loads of scrap rock to the rock crusher and made many trips every day hauling undesirable rock to the dump south of the railroad bridge.  When the sandstone was to be shipped, the switch engine moved flat cars with building stone, gondola cars loaded with paving blocks, and cars filled with crushed rock to  the edge of the quarry to be picked up by  Great Northern Railroad engines.   

  September 26 was our very first movie night on the lawn of the Sandstone High School also known as the (Rock).  Approximately40 people attended the event along with a few politicians.  The developer got a 4 million dollar grant for restoring the school and turning it into 31 apartments.  The Sandstone Credit Union donated popcorn, Sandstone fire department had one of there fire and rescue trucks and parked in the street.  Which was blocked off.  And the History Center sold snacks and drinks for the movie. SANDSTONE OKTOBERFEST October 5th Saturday SPONSORED BY SANDSTONE HISTORY CENTER>>> BEER STEIN DISPLAY WIN A TROPHY FOR THE BEST  BEER STEIN DISPLAY CONTEST: 11:00- 11:45 register your beer stein or steins for display contest LOCATION: Band shelter by Lambert's Train Park 11:45-12:00 Everyone welcome to VOTE for your favorite beer stein 12:15 WINNER announced and TROPHY PRESENTED   12:15 PICK UP YOUR BEER STEIN, a coupon for one free liquid refreshment will be given to

BOOM A boom (cable) with logs fastened to it helped prevent logs from going over the dam.  The boom ran diagonally across the river.  The trapped large logs, called dead heads, were used for lumber, the smaller ones for firewood.