The Thornton Quarry | Thornton History
The quarry north of Ridge Road was opened in 1924, and a tunnel connecting the north and south quarries was developed in 1926. Colonel Hodgkins died in 1929, and Brownell repurchased the quarry in 1933. In 1938 the property was purchased by Material Service Corporation. Many of the crushed limestone rocks contain evidence of the area's distant ...