The Capitol in Sunset Red granite, quarried at Marble Falls and standing before any of this.
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What was already standing: granite, cast iron, and the record that keeps them.
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The stone that built Texas's most recognizable building was pulled from a Hill Country hillside by men who had no choice in the matter.
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Austin's arc-light towers predate city water, paved streets, and a grid that made any sense — and thirty-one of them still lit the city into the twentieth century.