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For years, the Dumbarton Quarry was a giant hole in the ground, a 320-foot deep gravel pit that produced rock used for half a century to build up San Francisco and Oakland’s airports, freeways, bridges and other building projects. But now the former industrial site on San Francisco Bay’s waterfront in Fremont will build something new: Family memories and a love of the outdoors.