Quarry Workers At Mount Waldo, ca. 1860
Contributed by Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
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Much of the granite used to build Fort Knox was quarried at Mount Waldo a few miles upriver from the fort. Barges then transported the stone to the site.
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- Title: Quarry Workers At Mount Waldo, ca. 1860
- Creation Date: circa 1860
- Subject Date: circa 1860
- Local Name: Mount Waldo
- Town: Frankfort
- County: Waldo
- State: ME
- Media: Copy of Photograph
- Local Code: FOKN_007
- Collection: MBPL
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
22 State House Station, 18 Elkins Lane, Augusta, ME 04333-0022
(207) 287-4975
http://www.maine.gov/doc/parks
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Laborers
Granite quarrying—Maine
Stone quarrying--Maine
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