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Gravel Pit

Date: 05 04 1929
Description: Carl E. & Paul G. Roth gravel pit with conveying equipment.
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P&H 25-Ton Type "C" Crane with Covered Trolley

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 25-ton type "C" I-beam crane holding two stone blocks at the Pfeiffer Stone Company. The crane is stamped with the text "Pawling & ...
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Universal Rock Crusher

Date: 10 12 1938
Description: Men work with a Universal crusher, used to crush 400 yards of gravel in 8 hours. The crusher was powered by an International PA-100 power unit owned by E.F...
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A Vermont Marble Company

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Description: The marble company employees at work in a quarry. By 1885 the Rutland quarries employed about 3,000 workers.
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Marble Quarry

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Description: A quarry of Alaska Marble Company at Calder, with men at work. Photograph published by Winter and Pond Company. Caption reads: "Marble Quarry, Calder, Ala...
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Workers and Crane at a Limestone Quarry

Date: 1976
Description: Two workers and a large yellow crane at a limestone quarry. There are large blocks of roughly cut limestone, and numerous trees are in the background. The ...
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Workers in Stone Quarry

Date: 1976
Description: Color photo of workers cutting blocks of limestone in a quarry. There are what appear to be moveable platforms on tracks at the bottom of the face of the a...
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View across the bottom of a quarry toward a group of men posing around a horse who appears to be pulling an open railroad car on railroad tracks. Steep cli...
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Quarry Houses

Date: 1910
Description: Six men are posing on horse-drawn wagons at quarry houses for the Montello Granite Co. A large building is on the right, and a pile of stone and two small ...
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Steam Drill

Date: 1910
Description: Steam drill at work in quarry at Montello Granite Co. A man is standing on the right operating the drill. There are ladders against the stone cliff in the ...
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View towards railroad tracks and men working with large pieces of stone. In the distance is the town of Berlin. Caption at bottom reads: "Granite Quarry — ...

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