Comments on: Oakland stone landmarks: Middle Harbor Park’s replica training wall

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:00:53 +0000

You might call it hubris, but I would call it good engineering.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:11:48 +0000

Moving stones is very expensive even now, and fantastically expensive in the 19′th century. Perhaps the granite came from ships ballast, many ships were marooned in Oakland during the gold rush. Rocklin could be a source though. Prisoners were building the Folsom prison from granite at Folsom. State Legislators went to see the construction of the prison the found the prison to be prettier than the state capitol. The Legislature ordered the prison construction to be stopped and the prisoners to quarry granite for the state capitol building. The quarry in Rocklin is the source of the granite for the state capitol although the granite would have to be hauled overland for a good distance from Rocklin to Sacramento as Rocklin does not have any rivers. The quarry in Rocklin is now a climbing park called Deer Creek Park.

By: Naomi Schiff

Naomi Schiff — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:58:56 +0000

I have always loved the idea of training the ocean. What hubris! Thank you for the great post.

By: pete veilleux

pete veilleux — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:33:22 +0000

I really love getting the Oakland Geology updates! i’m one of those geeks who is completely fascinated by everything historical, geological, botanical, anthropological/archaeological about the place where i live and your site is right up my alley. you may find these photos of tafoni interesting: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eastbaywilds/sets/72157626357964562/with/5554119107/
under the comments, there’s a link to an interesting video about tafoni too.

thanks for the wonderful posts!

pete veilleux
east bay wilds