Gravel Quarries: AlaskaThe making of any modern western civilization is incumbent on the very ground on which it is built. The gravel pit is the lowest common denominator in the making of (for better or worse) our cities. Gravel is quarried for roads, building foundations, the making of concrete and even for decorative uses in landscaping. The humble gravel pit, it can be said, is the very foundation of our highways, towns, and homes. In Alaska the gravel pit lives on