Business: Indiana Limestone

More than half of the stone buildings being erected in the U. S. are of limestone. More than 50% of the limestone comes from the great quarries of Indiana Limestone Co. Indiana limestone went into Washington's new Department of Commerce Building, New York's Empire State Building and Grand Central Terminal. Chicago's Tribune Tower. Detroit's General Motors Building. Only two months ago the company received the largest order in its history—3,200 cars for Manhattan's Rockefeller Center (Radio City). The company has developed a long list of by-products including quick lime, pulverized limestone for...

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