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Creation Date
7-3-2011
Description
Old Spanish Quarries Marker, St Augustine, FL.
The text on the marker reads as follows : (Side 1)
" About 200 yards south-east of this point are the remains of the King's Coquina Quarries. (Coquina, a type of limestone composed of mollusk shells and sand, is found along the north-east coast of Florida.) Coquina was used in the building of many early colonial structures in St. Augustine, including the fortress Castillo de San Marcos (1672-1696)."
Latitude, Longitude
29.88029444, -81.28553889
Recommended Citation
George Lansing Taylor, Jr. "Old Spanish Quarries Marker, St. Augustine, FL." (2011). Image Collection. University of North Florida, Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections and Archives. UNF Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/5047/
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