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Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library What made Hallowell granite desirable?  It was light and fine grained, with a high…"

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Historic Hallowell - Cyclone Work Cited

"… Cyclone Work Cited “An Early Morning Cyclone.” The Hallowell Register, 4 Jan. 1896"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"The Granite and Ice Industries Granite Quarry Crew at Work, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1890 Men at work in Hall Quarry."

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"Organizations like the Row House, that works to preserve Hallowell’s architectural and culture resources, the Hallowell Area Board of Trade striving…"

Historic Hallowell - The Blizzard - Works Cited

"The Blizzard - Works Cited Boucher, Linda S. I wish for those days of the great blizzard Kennebec Journal Central ME: 2002 Chicago Blizzard of 1979."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"Ice Storm Works Cited Page Works Cited Adams, Betty. “Arborist: Give broken trees some time.” Morning Sentinel, 13 Jan."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Islanders at Work Text by Beverly McAloon Audios created and produced by Meghan Vigeant Images from the Swan's Island Historical Society In 1786…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge

"The Hallowell Granite works had two large schooners named the Jeremiah T. Smith and the Edward H. Smith. The Jeremiah T."

Historic Hallowell - Portrait of the Proprietor

"… succeeded him as president of the Hallowell Granite Works. Bodwell House, Hallowell, ca. 1900Hubbard Free Library Bodwell purchased a Greek…"

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."

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"Moving Granite, Outer Winthrop Street, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library The wagon-like carriers were called "galamanders," and were usually…"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"Granite Workers, Hallowell Granite Works, Hallowell, ca. 1920Hubbard Free Library In 1901 the average Maine granite cutter received between $2.80…"

Historic Hallowell - One of Many Monuments

"The work was begun shortly after Hallowell Granite Co. was organized in 1866. Faith, National Monument to the Forefathers, Hallowell…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Blacksmiths were are the heart of the granite industry where sharp chisels were an absolute necessity. Wire Mill on Vaughan Brook."

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"… through the large window at the west end of the granite building. Train Wreck, Hallowell, 1937Hubbard Free Library Train Wreck…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… established after the Civil War, was the granite industry. For over 50 years, it employed close to 500 skilled stone cutters and sculptors, many of…"

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"… was glued, they would sprinkle the flint and granite onto the glue and let it dry. This would form into sandpaper."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"Baird's Quarry Swan's Island granite was quarried at sites around the island, providing work for many laborers and the businesses that supported…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"… kept drained so that the workers could access the granite. When the quarrying season was over each year, the rain filled up the pit and iced over…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Quarry tracks and granite stones for shipping, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society Although some returned to their home…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"1900Swan's Island Historical Society Granite quarrying was a successful industry on Swan’s Island from the 1890s to the late 1920s when the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… In conclusion Miss Evelyn Pike unveiled a black granite tablet. The monument is on the Pleasant Street edge of the park, and reads “Lubec…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… their families adjacent to the tower and the granite Easternmost Point marker. Those in summer enter the Visitor Center, long desired by the State…"