Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Nesbitt's Limestone Quarry (38CK69) is a historic archaeological site located near Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina. The site includes the most extensive and best preserved limestone quarry directly associated with early iron production in the northwestern Piedmont of South Carolina. It was utilized as early as the 18th century, and through the first half of the 19th century was the primary source of limestone for the region's ironworks. It is the only remaining limestone quarry with any contextual integrity. Since quarrying activity at Nesbitt's ceased in the early part of the 20th century, it was not exploited by modern mining methods. This lack of large-scale mining activity has been the principal reason this quarry, unlike the others, has retained much of its integrity. The site covers approximately 30 acres and has exposed vertical faces of limestone visible at the edges. It is the largest body of limestone in a series of deposits which trend northeast-southwest and extend in a linear fashion from Limestone College to across the South Carolina state line.It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.. }
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- Nesbitt's_Limestone_Quarry_(38CK69) abstract "Nesbitt's Limestone Quarry (38CK69) is a historic archaeological site located near Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina. The site includes the most extensive and best preserved limestone quarry directly associated with early iron production in the northwestern Piedmont of South Carolina. It was utilized as early as the 18th century, and through the first half of the 19th century was the primary source of limestone for the region's ironworks. It is the only remaining limestone quarry with any contextual integrity. Since quarrying activity at Nesbitt's ceased in the early part of the 20th century, it was not exploited by modern mining methods. This lack of large-scale mining activity has been the principal reason this quarry, unlike the others, has retained much of its integrity. The site covers approximately 30 acres and has exposed vertical faces of limestone visible at the edges. It is the largest body of limestone in a series of deposits which trend northeast-southwest and extend in a linear fashion from Limestone College to across the South Carolina state line.It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.".