Definitive first-edition book on the history of Cape Ann (Rockport and Gloucester, MA) granite. Over 65 dramatic photos and also map depiction of locations of quarries and motions, mid 1800s-1950s. Read about the plethora of stone pits and businesses, hand and pneumatic tools, transportation and shipping vessels, immigrant ethnicities, labor problems, demise of industry. Pictures Salem Jail granite building, Bunker Hill Monument, Boston Post Office, lighter landing paving blocks at Lane's Cove, garymander of Bay State Granite Co., Rockport Granite Company cutting sheds, locomotive called Nella, stone wagon in Lanesville, Finnish settlers and customs, Dr. Webster's Pitcairn Park at Halibut Point, and much more fascinating text and fabulous photos.
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