Keywords: Derrick
Item 25989
Quarry Workers and Derrick at Mount Waldo, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1860 Location: Frankfort Media: Photographic print
Item 72365
Derrick at the Quarry Wharf, Swan's Island, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
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Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand
"1895Hubbard Free Library Before derrick cranes and steam winches large pieces were extracted by means of "rising wedges," levers, block and tackle…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history
"Blacksmith shops, huge derricks, and boiler houses to run the steam drills sprang up on the hill. Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the…"
