Ochee Spring Quarry | |
![]() Site of the quarry, c. 1920 | |
Nearest city | Johnston, Rhode Island |
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NRHP reference No. | 78000003 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 5, 1978 |
Ochee Spring Quarry is an historic quarry in Johnston, Rhode Island. Located on a privately owned outcrop of land behind 787 Hartford Avenue ( United States Route 6), the quarry was a source of steatite ( soapstone), a relatively soft stone easily workable into containers. Native Americans are known to have used this quarry. [2] A study of the site conducted in the mid-1980s concluded that the quarry was probably worked in an organized manner, to produce containers in a variety of sizes. Items made from this quarry have been found across southern New England. [3]
The quarry was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
Ochee Spring Quarry | |
![]() Site of the quarry, c. 1920 | |
Nearest city | Johnston, Rhode Island |
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NRHP reference No. | 78000003 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 5, 1978 |
Ochee Spring Quarry is an historic quarry in Johnston, Rhode Island. Located on a privately owned outcrop of land behind 787 Hartford Avenue ( United States Route 6), the quarry was a source of steatite ( soapstone), a relatively soft stone easily workable into containers. Native Americans are known to have used this quarry. [2] A study of the site conducted in the mid-1980s concluded that the quarry was probably worked in an organized manner, to produce containers in a variety of sizes. Items made from this quarry have been found across southern New England. [3]
The quarry was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]