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 Blasting in Calera
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