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Keywords: Granite quarrying
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Item 19471
Title: Schooner Loading Granite at Hall Quarry, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society
Date: circa 1900
Location: Mount Desert; Hall Quarry
Media: Photograph
Item 19462
Title: Granite Sample
Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society
Date: circa 1900
Location: Mount Desert
Media: Stone
Item 14053
Title: Granite quarry, Hancock County
Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society
Date: circa 1890
Location: Mount Desert
Media: Photograph
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Maine's natural resources -- granite, limestone and slate in particular -- along with its excellent ports made it a leader in mining and production of the valuable building materials. Stone work also attracted numerous skilled immigrants.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary
A look back at island life in Maine as captured by a team consisting of Swan's Island Educational Society representatives, which encompasses the community's library and historical society, a class from the Swan's Island School, and an Island Fellow from the Island Institute. Exhibit topics examine islanders at work and play, Baird's Quarry, old buildings, and the changing role of women on the island.