Viewpoints · North Wales
Quarry View
Quarry View is a viewpoint in the United Kingdom.
Mat Fascione — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 20 min–45 min
- Best time of year
- Clear days year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Shrewsbury · 4.9 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Quarry View is a named viewpoint in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 52.7239°, -2.6790°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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From the Wikipedia article
Quarry Visitor Center, in Dinosaur National Monument in Uintah County, Utah, United States was built as part of the National Park Service's (NPS) Mission 66 program of modern architectural design in the US national parks. This visitor center exemplifies the philosophy of locating visitor facilities immediately at the resource being interpreted. The visitor center was closed from 2006 to 2011 due to structural damage from unstable soils. The rotunda structure was demolished and replaced with a new structure of different design, while the quarry section was being stabilized and repaired. The NPS now refers to the new visitor center (built in 2011 about 1,800 feet [550 m] to the southwest) as the "Quarry Visitor Center" and the historical building as the "Quarry Exhibit Hall".
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Background
Architecture
The visitor center was built in part to attract visitors to the little-visited monument, which had been threatened with flooding by the Echo Park Dam, as a means of guarding against renewed reservoir proposals. The visitor center's concept was first expressed in 1916 when George Otis Smith, the director of the U.S. Geological Survey, suggested that the specimens be displayed in the northern canyon wall. Local citizens, including the dinosaur quarry's discoverer Earl Douglass, proposed a skylit shelter for the display. A temporary shelter for the bones and their excavators was finally built in 1936. A preliminary design in January 1937 was produced by a group including the Park Service…
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- Coordinates
- 52.7239, -2.6790
- District
- Shropshire
- Parish
- Upton Magna
- Postcode
- SY4 4FH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Established
- 1958
- Nearest railway station
- Shrewsbury — 4.9 km
- Official site
- tps.cr.nps.gov
Sources
- osm: n467736588 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Quarry Visitor Center (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Quarry View?
- Quarry View is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY4 4FH), in the parish of Upton Magna.
- When was Quarry View built?
- Built or established in 1958.
- Is Quarry View free to visit?
- Yes, Quarry View is free to enter.
- How do I get to Quarry View?
- The nearest railway station is Shrewsbury, about 4.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SY4 4FH.