Keywords: Quarry employee
Item 78804
Quarry Employees, Monson, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
Item 78945
Slate Quarry employees, Monson, ca. 1930
Help identify these slate quarry workers
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
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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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Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry
"Marion Stinson was one of the employees in the first fish processing plants but the story she tells in this audio is about her life growing up on…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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