Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries Explained

Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries
Location:Robinson Mill Road, Dublin, Maryland
Added:May 12, 1975
Refnum:75000903

The Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries, also known as Orr Prehistoric Steatite Quarry Archeological Site, is an archeological site located near Dublin, just south of Whiteford, Harford County, Maryland. The site includes evidence of the manufacture of vessels from boulders instead of from bedrock. This activity dated from 1700 to 1000 B.C.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{MHT url|id=293}} Orr Prehistoric Steatite Quarry Site]. Maryland Historical Trust . 2008-10-29.