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Truck Hauling Cinders

Date: 03 22 1925
Description: Men fill the bed of a Model 103 International truck with cinders from a chute at the Solway Process Company plant.
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WPA at Work

Date: 1937
Description: National Youth Administration workers cutting stone in the quarry near the Grignon House. A sign behind the group of boys says: USA Work Program."
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Docks of the Rockport Granite Company

Date: 
Description: View of the docks at Rockport Granite Company, operating from 1864-1927. A sailing ship can be seen in the water near industrial buildings.
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Lime Kiln

Date: 1968
Description: Exterior of a lime processing plant.
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Lime Kilns

Date: 08 1988
Description: "These unused lime kilns are located at Marblehead."
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C.B. and Q. R.R. Stone Crusher

Date: 1900
Description: The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stone crusher. There is a large group of workmen posing along the work site.
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Cows near Lime Kiln

Date: 1900
Description: View of cows on the approach to a lime kiln.
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Workers and Crane at a Limestone Quarry

Date: 1976
Description: Two workers and a large yellow crane at a limestone quarry. There are large blocks of roughly cut limestone, and numerous trees are in the background. The ...
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Workers in Stone Quarry

Date: 1976
Description: Color photo of workers cutting blocks of limestone in a quarry. There are what appear to be moveable platforms on tracks at the bottom of the face of the a...
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Truck with Trailer Containing Blocks of Stone

Date: 1976
Description: Elevated view of a truck with a trailer containing blocks of stone parked in front of Moon Freight Lines, Inc. The truck is a red International Harvester C...
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Quarry at Red Granite

Date: 1910
Description: Rock piles at the quarry at Red Granite. Poles, wires and machinery are on the edge of the quarry in the middle distance. Two men are walking or standing o...
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Rock Crusher

Date: 
Description: View across overgrown field towards a wooden structure with a tall smokestack. Identified as probably the rock crusher, located on the east side upriver fr...
Postcard

Badger State Granite Co.

Date: 1920
Description: Colorized photograph of the Badger Granite Compnay, maker of monuments and gravestones. There is a church in the background. Caption reads: "Badger State G...
Postcard

Montello Granite Works

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view looking west over the Montello Granite Company's works framed by an irregular mask. Two wooden derricks and irregular blocks of granite are i...
Postcard

Montello Granite Works

Date: 1905
Description: A view, looking east, of the grounds and buildings of the Montello Granite Company. On the left, a train car with "Detroit Southern" painted on it stands o...
Photograph

Shoot the Chute

Date: 1953
Description: The chute is equipped with rail for the carts that haul the limestone at the Lime Kiln.
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Power House

Date: 1910
Description: View down railroad tracks toward a group of six men posing outdoors at the power house. There is a pile of large rocks near the group of men at the corner ...
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View across the bottom of a quarry toward a group of men posing around a horse who appears to be pulling an open railroad car on railroad tracks. Steep cli...
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Quarry Houses

Date: 1910
Description: Six men are posing on horse-drawn wagons at quarry houses for the Montello Granite Co. A large building is on the right, and a pile of stone and two small ...
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Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Four men are posing inside the blacksmith shop at Montello Granite Co.

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