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The quarry in Oolitic, Indiana where the limestone was taken to build the Empire State Building. (lemmy.world)
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Oolitic also has a statue to no longer famous comic strip character Joe Palooka. They're very proud of it.

I come from Bloomington, which is just north of Oolitic. It's well-known where the limestone from the Empire State Building came from if you live there, but I never saw the actual quarry before.

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[โ€“] seven_phone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I always thought oolitic limestone took the name from carbonate ooliths present in the rock and had no idea it was a locality.

[โ€“] Dravin 1 points 14 hours ago

You thought correctly. The locality is named after oolotic limestone not vice versa.