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Description
Granite quarrying was an important industry in Maine. Granite was quarried and shipped south to Boston and New York for use in large building projects.
This quarry is on Deer Isle off the coast of Maine in Hancock County.
About This Item
- Title: Stonecutters, Deer Isle, ca. 1930
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: Deer Isle, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 25 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 90, Box 17/7
- Collection: Benjamin Lake Noyes Deer Isle genealogical records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Granite industry and trade
- Quarries and quarrying--Maine--Deer Isle--Photographs
- Rock excavation
- Stone industry and trade
- Stonecutters
- Workers
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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