Geocache Description:
11% of the roads in Harford County are dirt or gravel. The county refers to them as "earth" roads. For more information see GCA82N9.
These various caches take you around Harford County to "experience" these roads from the past.
Slate from the Whiteford/Delta area in Maryland and Southern Lancaster and York counties were once hailed as the finest in the world. Slate was even sent to Asheville, N.C. in the construction of the Biltmore.
Discovered in the 1720s, slate was quarried until the 1930s. Much of the mine work was done by Welsh and Scotch-Irish immigrants. The quarries provide the best roofing slate in the world. I have been told that the nails holding the slate rust and give out long before the slate.
Quarry Road is a public road south of Whiteford, Md on Route 136/ Whiteford Road in northeast Harford County. There is NO OUTLET. At one time, the road ran along the quarries and connected with Slate Ridge Road. Today the quarries are closed and are on private property. NO TRESPASSING!
Not too many years ago, the quarry was quite the hang-out and party area. Divers jumping off the cliffs, gunfire, and stories of cars being dumped into the quarry. How much is true and how much is "urban legend"?
One quarry, since filled with water, is 120 feet deep and 3/4 mile long.
You can visit the Old Line Museum in Delta, PA. For a great way to discover the history of slate.
Cache Description:
This section of Quarry Rd. is less than one-half mile long. A second section of the road starts at 136 and continues west for a couple of miles and ends at Old Pylesville Rd.
A quick C&D