Pottawatomie County--Inactive Quarries
Abandoned limestone quarry 26
Northeast side of Kansas Highway 13
This abandoned quarry is located on the west side of Kansas Highway 13 and the Florence limestone was being quarried based on the road cut exposures on both sides of Kansas Highway 13 immediately adjacent to the old quarry.
Photos taken from the top of the east wall of the quarry looking west.
AbQ-26-1. Florence limestone in west wall of old quarry looking west.
AbQ-26-2. Florence limestone in west wall of old quarry looking west, but slightly north of AbQ-26-1
Next set of photos: one from the west side of Kansas Highway 13 looking east and one from the east side of Kansas Highway 13 looking east.
AbQ-26-roadcut 1. Florence limestone in road cut on the east side of Kansas Highway 13 looking east from the west side of the highway at the site of the old quarry AbQ-26.
AbQ-26-roadcut 2. Closer view of Florence limestone seen in AbQ-26-roadcut 1, looking east at exposure on the east side of Kansas Highway 13; scale is in dm.
