{"id":840,"date":"2018-04-22T08:46:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T14:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=840"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:11:45","slug":"benson-quarry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/fr\/benson-quarry\/","title":{"rendered":"Carri\u00e8re Benson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"840\" class=\"elementor elementor-840\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77367096 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77367096\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26038d62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26038d62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La carri\u00e8re de roche d&#039;Alfred Benson a \u00e9t\u00e9 recouverte par les eaux du r\u00e9servoir du lac Carter dans les ann\u00e9es 1950. La carri\u00e8re \u00e9tait situ\u00e9e sur la rive ouest du lac, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 ses contours sont encore visibles.<\/p><p>Alfred Benson est n\u00e9 \u00e0 Tumblegorg, en Su\u00e8de. Sa famille arrive en Am\u00e9rique en 1883 mais ce n&#039;est qu&#039;en 1902 qu&#039;il rejoint son oncle Nels Magnusson \u00e0 Berthoud. Benson a appris la ma\u00e7onnerie de pierre aupr\u00e8s de Magnusson et a exploit\u00e9 une carri\u00e8re qui a fourni de la pierre pour des projets \u00e0 travers le pays.<\/p><p>En juillet 1937, le Bulletin Berthoud rapportait : \u00ab Un autre wagon de dalles en pierre a \u00e9t\u00e9 exp\u00e9di\u00e9 des carri\u00e8res AA Benson au Texas \u2013 Houston et Galveston. Il s&#039;agissait de l&#039;une des nombreuses voitures exp\u00e9di\u00e9es \u00e0 des entrepreneurs dans cette partie du pays, et une autre voiture est pr\u00eate \u00e0 \u00eatre exp\u00e9di\u00e9e et sera probablement demand\u00e9e bient\u00f4t. Les carri\u00e8res de M. Benson seront \u00e0 cent pieds sous l&#039;eau lorsque le lac Carter (Blore) sera achev\u00e9 et rempli dans le cadre du projet Grand Lake-Big Thompson. Il est probable que la totalit\u00e9 de la grande quantit\u00e9 de pierre qui sera n\u00e9cessaire \u00e0 la construction de barrages, aux enrochements, etc., sera extraite des carri\u00e8res avant que le remblai ne soit effectu\u00e9. M. Benson poss\u00e8de environ vingt acres de terrain qui seront inond\u00e9s lorsque le grand bassin sera r\u00e9alis\u00e9.<\/p><p>Lorsque Benson approcha de la retraite en octobre 1948, le journal ajouta : \u00ab En plus de son utilisation dans les maisons et les immeubles commerciaux, la pierre est utilis\u00e9e pour les monuments, les trottoirs, les enrochements pour les foss\u00e9s et les r\u00e9servoirs d&#039;irrigation, les couvercles de bacs \u00e0 graisse, les foyers et bien d&#039;autres. applications. Il p\u00e8se 165 livres par pied cube et a \u00e9t\u00e9 retir\u00e9 en morceaux plats ressemblant \u00e0 une table mesurant jusqu&#039;\u00e0 24 pieds sur 4 pouces d&#039;\u00e9paisseur.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfred Benson\u2019s rock quarry was covered by the waters of Carter Lake reservoir in the 1950s. 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