Drilling Equipment - San Antonio, TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 29° 29.660 W 098° 28.796
14R E 550412 N 3262869
Equipment used by the Alamo Cement Company. Equipment has caterpillar treads and it powers a large belt to turn the drill. Guessing they drilled holes and then dynamited the rock.
Waymark Code: WMXGW6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2018
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78209 MagazineIn the late 1990s, after eight decades of quarrying, the venerable Alamo Cement Company decided to vacate this location. It was developed into Quarry Market. What quite evidently sets the Alamo Quarry Market apart from other malls and shopping centers are the lengths that the original developer (Trammel Crow) went to in preserving and incorporating the site’s historical past.
The most visible examples are the four looming smokestacks that can be seen for miles — especially when they are artistically lit in celebration of various events. But many other relics and holdovers dot the property, including original machinery, buildings and even one of the entry gates.