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Keywords: stone quarry
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Item 61864
Title: Quarry boat loaded with granite stone, Swan's Island, 1900
Contributed by: Swan's Island Educational Society
Date: circa 1900
Location: Swan's Island
Media: Photograph
Item 26936
Title: Tower and workers at Mount Waldo Quarry, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Date: circa 1880
Location: Frankfort
Media: Photograph
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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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
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.