Moving stone using a small dump truck and SIMCO bobcat in the quarries of the Cabot Wollastonite White Pigments Division plant, owned by the Cabot Carbon Company. Willsboro, New York. Circa 1940s. Photographer is Bernie A. Degnan, Glens Falls.
Drawing stones to build the Presbyterian Church. Charles Dunham on wagon, Frank Dunham on left. In the South Hammond quarries. Circa 1916 or 17. South Hammond, NY.
Unidentified workers posing in the South Hammond Quarries on the east side of Route 37. Circa 1890-1900. Hammond, NY.
Loading crushed stone from a stone quarry into wagons, to be used as a road base. 1920s. Hammond, NY.
Unidentified quarry in Gouverneur. Filling boxcars with blasted rock, using team shovel. Circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY.
Worker operates marble cutting diamond drill, which ran on track, in the St. Lawrence Marble Company quarry. Circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY. Check out our story on how marble built Gouverneur.
Workers at top of Saint Lawrence Marble Company quarry. Note walls built around quarry to contain dirt; quarry located on the west side of the village. Circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY. Check out our story on how marble built Gouverneur.
Blocks of marble stacked for shipping on dock at Saint Lawrence Marble Company. Marble would be loaded into wooden boxcars to be sent to different locations (one boxcar owned by Wabash Railroad, one owned by St.Paul-Minneapolis company). Three teams of oxen, one team of horses, and an individual horse being used to move blocks. Circa […]
Worker at Saint Lawrence Marble Company with steam-powered diamond channeling machine,used to cut marble. Circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY.
Saint Lawrence Marble Company “stripping gang”workers who used shovels to clear loose rock from exposed surface of marble. Circa 1890-1900. Gouverneur, NY.
