The next thing I know, the train has worked its overnight magic, and the canyons of office blocks and black cabs have been replaced by red deer grazing on granite crags.
Heavy snow fell in the Cascade Mountains and the avalanches hit near Snoqualmie Pass, one on Granite Mountain and the other on Red Mountain near the Alpental ski area, CNN affiliate KOMO said.
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Bulfinch himself would work in granite on a new grander scale in building the state house in Augusta, Maine, between 1829 and 1832.
The monument consisting of both her statue and the granite pedestal on which it rests weighs 2, 100 pounds.
The carving of a steam engine in black granite rests on top of a plinth, which includes a montage of images representing the railway industry.
Although, it worked just fine on our jeans and granite countertop.
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The granite plinth on which the statue sits is also said to be "in need of attention", as a number of units have moved out of alignment.
Seven guest houses balance on thin metal poles above granite boulders, designed to fit into nature without damaging it.
He was building fourteen houses whose modern design, heavy on stainless steel and black granite, would have looked at home in Sacramento or Atlanta.
Set on the vertiginous site of a granite mountain sculpted by erosion and dominating a meander in the Rio Urubamba, Machu Picchu is a world renowned archaeological site.
For much of its history, the people of Dartmoor have depended on indigenous materials - such as granite and tin - for their livelihoods and sustenance, as well as livestock such as sheep.
The 6ft tall, six tonne Norwegian granite stone will be placed on the seafront.
The monk was a caretaker at the Tiger's Lair, a sacred cave shrine perched high on the cliff-face of a granite mountain.
Materials include granite and porcelain tile, mahogany paneling on the walls and chandeliers in the two attached bathrooms.
In Wednesday trading, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust shares are currently trading flat on the day.
They trusted only banks with granite facades, marble floors and thick bars on the tellers' cages--and passbooks they could fondle.
Having said all that I do not want granite to become the symbol of misplaced priorities when historians look back on these times.
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The discovery of a bronze age granite cist, or grave, in 2011 in a peat bog on White Horse Hill revealed the first organic remains found on the moor and a hoard of about 150 beads.
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Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust shares are currently trading down about 2.9% on the day.
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust shares are currently trading down about 5.9% on the day.
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust shares are currently trading down about 2.4% on the day.
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust shares are currently trading down about 3.1% on the day.
Blue hone is very dense and nonporous form of granite, which prevents moisture from penetrating and pitting the carved stones as they lie on the ice.
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And Sinosun Technology, a maker of computer security software backed by Granite Global Ventures, which also backed Tudou, rose by 5.9% on Friday, after gaining 9.7% on Thursday.
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Angelica Hoyos, a 26-year-old living in Los Angeles, has put her photography and sculpture career on hold since her parents pulled the financial plug earlier this year after the family's granite-countertop business suffered.
They received some financial underwriting for the Granite Falls endeavor from Minnesota organizations devoted to the betterment of life along the river, but on the subject of making enough money doing this to support themselves, "we're still kind of trying to figure that out, " Gaylord said with a laugh.
Forty minutes earlier, a large lump of granite smashed a car windscreen but did not harm mother and daughter Stella and Lisa Horne, who were on the A12 at Ingatestone.
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