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Labrador granite from Norway for the erection of monuments. At that time, the former marble quarries had already been exhausted.
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Jeumont VoilĂ Ă quoi devrait ressembler le tout nouveau site du
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A quarry had already been excavated in 1790 in
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278:Ateliers de Construction Electriques
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179:Le Mausolée, La géologie
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76:DĂ©partement
523:Categories
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484:50°17′06″N
175:Paul Dumon
139:Decauville
487:4°05′47″E
64:quartzite
534:Quarries
355: in
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406:. 1901.
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185:Tramway
160:syenite
92:History
81:in the
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72:Jeumont
62:of the
86:region
68:marble
58:was a
361:Notes
333:gauge
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