Vulcan Materials Blasting in Calera

Dynamite blasting is used by Vulcan Materials Company at a quarry in Calera, Shelby County, to remove limestone for road construction in this circa 1968 photo. According to the Library of Congress caption, the "eleven-hole shot is dislodging approximately 25,000 tons of limestone."

Vulcan Materials Company blasting operation in Calera, Alabama
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Vulcan Materials Company blasting operation in Calera, Alabama