Keywords: granite sheds
Item 26140
Cutting sheds, Benvenue Granite Co., Stonington, ca. 1912
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Stonington Media: Postcard
Item 29247
Hallowell Granite Works carvers, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 85113
Assessor's Record, 133-139 Wilmot Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Union Granite Company Use: Shed - Stone
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product
"Workers, Hallowell Granite Works, Franklin Street, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library 250 men worked at both the quarry and the granite yard."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand
"The 2 1/2 mile route along Outer Winthrop Street contained wetland and a steep grade. Granite slab in transit, Hallowell, ca."
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
