Contributed by Maine Granite Industry Historical Society
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Description
A schooner loading granite at the long, deepwater shorefront of Hall Quarry around 1900. The schooners in this photograph have been identified by Ralph Stanley as the Bloomer and the Isabell E. Wiley.
The granite industry was a major industry in Hall Quarry from the mid 1800s to 1965. Ships were used to haul the granite to other locations for sales.
About This Item
- Title: Schooner Loading Granite at Hall Quarry, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
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Locations:
- Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, Hancock County, ME
- Hall Quarry, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 11 cm x 36 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Shipping
- Transportation
- Hall Quarry (Mount Desert, Me.)
- Granite quarrying--Maine
- Stone quarrying--Maine
- Standard Granite Quarry Company (Mount Desert, Me.)--Facilities
- Somes Sound (Me.)
- Ships
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For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Granite Industry Historical Society62 Beech Hill Cross Road, Mount Desert, ME 04660
207-244-7299
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