By 1930, the S. E. Rand Transportation Co. acquired the ice pond tract. The owner was Seth E. Rand (1895-1951) of Rye, and he operated it as a stone quarry. In 1932, Rand moved away, taking a job ...

ADAMS COUNTY CAMPUS. QUARRY POND AT GETTYSBURG COLLEGE IS FROZEN OVER. A FEW GEESE WERE SPOTTED ON THE ICE. THE COLLEGE CONFIRMS SEVERAL DEAD GEESE RECENTLY FOUND NEAR THE POND. CONTRACTED BIRD FLU.

Just over 100 years ago, the quarry on Belle Isle became a quarry pond when workers struck two cracks in the granite, allowing water to seep in from the James River and fill the 20-foot-deep hole.