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Description
Commonly known as the Bushing Hammer, made of four, six, eight, ten or more thin blades of steel, bolted together as to form a single piece, the striking faces of which are deepy and sharply grooved. There were four granite tool companies in Maine producing these hammers, Livingstone (later Bicknell) in Rockland, H. H. Harvey in Augusta, B. Kelley & Co. and Belfast Machine and Foundry Co. in Belfast.
About This Item
- Title: Bush Hammer, ca. 1890
- Creation Date: circa 1890
- Subject Date: circa 1890
- Location: Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Wood, metal
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Hall Quarry (Mount Desert, Me.)
- Somes Sound (Me.)
- Transportation
- Ships
- Stone quarrying--Maine
- Standard Granite Quarry Company (Mount Desert, Me.)--Facilities
- Granite quarrying--Maine
- Hall Quarry (Mount Desert, Me.)
- Equipment
- Hammers
- Tools
- Standard Granite Quarry Company (Mount Desert, Me.)--Equipment & supplies
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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society62 Beech Hill Cross Road, Mount Desert, ME 04660
207-244-7299
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