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Windley Key Fossil Reef State Geological Site |
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| During the early 1900's as the overseas railway was being built, quarries at Windley Key produced fill for the railbed and bridge approaches. The railway was completed in 1912. | The quarry continued to be used into the 1960's for production of polished "keystone" | |
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| Some of the quarrying equipment that was used to cut the stone | Stone slabs were cut, polished and shipped out on the Overseas railway to Miami | |
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| Example of the finished keystone. This building stone also adorns several buildings in the United States, including the St. Louis Post Office and an alter in one of the chapels in New York City. | An example of the wonderfully preserved corals seen in the walls and floors of the quarry. | |
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| Another example of brain coral preserved in the keystone | ||
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| dC, Amy and Katie D. observing some of the local wildlife | A spiny orb weaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis). What do you suppose those large spines are for? | |
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| dT and dC taking facinating pictures of fossilized marine invertebrates! | ||
