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to build stonework in exchange for a deed of land. Commercial quarrying started in 1783 when the
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Brownstone Park installed two zip lines that cut across the quarry in July 2007. The first line goes from the west side of the park to the peninsula at the center of the park. The second line travels south along the west side of the quarry. The lines are 750 and 780 feet (240 m) long
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