Marble Island

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Marble Island is a small island in southeastern Alaska notable for its historic quarries that produced high-quality Tokeen marble used in prominent buildings across the United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marble Island canonical 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic feature ⓘ
island ⓘ
administrativeDivision Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
economicActivity stone quarrying ⓘ
geology carbonate rock ⓘ
marble formations ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Tokeen marble quarries ⓘ
hasName Marble Island ⓘ
hasNaturalResource marble ⓘ
historicPeriodOfActivity early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
historicUse industrial quarry operations ⓘ
knownFor historic marble quarries ⓘ
production of Tokeen marble ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Alexander Archipelago ⓘ
southeastern Alaska ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean ⓘ
marbleType Tokeen marble ⓘ
materialUsedIn prominent buildings in the United States ⓘ
namedFor its marble deposits ⓘ
partOf Tongass National Forest ⓘ
productExported Tokeen marble ⓘ
region Southeast Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Alaska
resourceQuality high-quality marble ⓘ
state Alaska ⓘ
usedFor architectural stone ⓘ
building stone ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tokeen marble → quarriedAt → Marble Island ⓘ
Marble Island → hasName → Marble Island ⓘ