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Extracting Wealth

Immigrant workers at Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, 1905

Immigrant workers at Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, 1905

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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

The skilled workers – many immigrants from Italy, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Scotland and England – were as important as the state's geography and natural resources.