Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
Moses Greenleaf, the mapmaker, discovered a vein of slate in the Brownville area in 1828.
Several slate quarries operated in the Brownville area, attracting mostly Welsh and Swedish workers. The quarries closed by 1920.
About This Item
- Title: Slate quarry, Brownville Junction, ca. 1910
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co., Belfast
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Brownville, Piscataquis County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Photographers--Maine
- Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
- Quarries and quarrying--Maine--Brownville
- Swedish Americans--Maine
- Welsh Americans--Maine
- Slate quarrying--Maine--Brownville
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