Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum

Historical Photos 1

Air drilling after blast -  Granite Railway Quarry

Four horse load of Quincy granite

Examination after blast - Hitchcock Quarry

Quarry men in boat going down in quarry after dinner - Swingle Quarry

Granite Railway yard at quarry - granite buyers picking out stone

Monumental yard - Quincy Adams

Compressed air drilling a 30 ton block of extra dark granite  -           Swingle Quarry

Polishing monumental granite  - Lincoln Polishing Co.

Weighing granite - West Quincy station

Electric crane Quincy Adams - loading railroad cars                       ( Quincy and Marsh Sts.)

Steam drill at work - Hitchcock Quarry

Lifting split stone - Granite Railway Quarry

Unloading granite at West Quincy station

Loading building granite - Granite Railway Co.

Roughing out columns - Quincy Column Turning Co.

Photos courtesy of Thomas Crane Public Library