Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries
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Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries | |
| Location | Robinson Mill Road, Dublin, Maryland |
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| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| NRHP Reference # | 75000903[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 12, 1975 |
The Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries, also known as Orr Prehistoric Steatite Quarry Archeological Site, is an archeological site located near Dublin, just south of Whiteford, Harford County, Maryland. The site includes evidence of the manufacture of vessels from boulders instead of from bedrock. This activity dated from 1700 to 1000 B.C.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Orr Prehistoric Steatite Quarry Site". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
External links
- Orr Prehistoric Steatite Quarry Site, Harford County, including photo from 1981, at Maryland Historical Trust website
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