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Loading Rock from Quarry

Date: 1894
Description: Men loading rock from Saddle Mound quarry onto a St. Paul Railroad flat car.
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Old Quarry Road at Frontenac

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Description: Upper Mississippi, view through trees down the old quarry road at Frontenac. Lake in background.
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Squatters at Stone Quarry

Date: 10 21 1931
Description: Elevated view of a colony of squatters in Sunset Point (Hoyt Park, Quarry Park), former quarry site. Home of John & Lottie Corcoran from 1924-1994.
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Crushing and Loading Equipment

Date: 04 19 1928
Description: Crushing and Loading equipment at gravel pit.
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Rock Quarry on Blackhawk Bluff

Date: 06 13 1913
Description: Workmen and machinery at the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. The gravel was used in construction of the power dam.
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Looking East at the Upstream Side of Power House and Dam

Date: 08 19 1915
Description: Elevated view of the completed power house and dam, looking east at the north, or upstream, side of the structure. On the far shore, the site of the gravel...
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Quarry on Basswood Island

Date: 1915
Description: Bill Baker standing on top of a wall of the quarry on Basswood Island.
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Power Shovel or Crane Near Large Trench

Date: 1929
Description: International dump truck and a power shovel or crane next to a large trench or quarry. There is a building in the background. The sign on the shovel reads:...
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Interior of West Shore Coffer Dam

Date: 07 16 1912
Description: Workers posing inside the coffer dam. The narrow gauge railroad is behind them. One of the pile drivers is in the background. A bare area on the bluff in t...
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Rock Quarry on Blackhawk Bluff

Date: 06 13 1913
Description: A view, from the west, of the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. Gravel from the quarry was used in concrete for the construction of the power plant and dam.
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Kiln Drive

Date: 06 06 1977
Description: Elevated view of a kiln drive that was purchased and used by Dravo Line. Original Falk caption reads, "Color view of May 1977 Pit and Quarry. Photos sent t...
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International D-40 Truck in Gravel Pit

Date: 1937
Description: A man loads gravel into the back of an International D-40 truck. The original photograph caption reads: "Removing overburden from Gravel Pit - D40 of 134" ...
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Universal Rock Crusher

Date: 10 12 1938
Description: Men work with a Universal crusher, used to crush 400 yards of gravel in 8 hours. The crusher was powered by an International PA-100 power unit owned by E.F...
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Gravel Pit with Wooden Cross

Date: 10 05 1963
Description: View down into a large gravel pit. A small, wooden cross is in the foreground.
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The Marble Quarry

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Description: View across water toward the marble quarries at the edge of Dorset. They are said to be the oldest in the country and provided the marble for buildings suc...
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A Vermont Marble Company

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Description: The marble company employees at work in a quarry. By 1885 the Rutland quarries employed about 3,000 workers.
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The Old Bangor Slate Quarry

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Description: The slate industry was begun in Bangor by Robert M. Jones in 1848. The region became a major world center for slate. The view is from near the bottom of th...
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Old Bangor Slate Quarry

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Description: A view of a slate mine. The slate industry was begun in Bangor by Robert M. Jones in 1848 and the region became a major world center for slate.
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Bangor Slate Quarry

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Description: Cables run across the Bangor Slate Quarry, a major world center for slate. The slate industry was begun in Bangor by Robert M. Jones in 1848.
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Quarry Landing and Slate Defense

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Description: The quarry landing and slate defense of the Bangor Slate Quarry. The slate industry was begun in Bangor by Robert M. Jones in 1848 and soon the region beca...

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