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Information and Items Wanted

The Museum is interested in aquiring information on individuals, granite related artifacts and pictures. This information is an important part of saving the history of our past granite industry. We are looking for items listed on the bottom of this page. Also anyone who is searching for information on their family's history in the grainte industry can submit a request for posting on our page. Contact us at  [email protected] .
Any item beside items listed below that are donated related to the granite industry  are tax deducible with our 501(c)3 status.  All artifacts welcome.

Items Wanted

- Bush Hammer
- Pean Hammer
- Bull Set Hammer
-Hand Hammer  5 lbs
- Point Chisel
-Breaking Chisel
- 6", 8" & 12" Hand Chisel
- Splitting Chisel

- Hand Chipper Chisel
- Hand Tracer Chisel
- Cape Chisel

- Pitching Chisel
- Hand Bush Chisel
- Pneumatic Plug Drill with hand wrench
- Stone Lewises
- Pin Lewises
                             
- Baluster turned at the Lyons Turning Mill from Penn Station N.Y. when demolished and dumped in the Meadowlands N.J. as fill in 1963 or any infornation on where we may acquire one.
- Railway memorabilia of the Quincy Quarry Railroad Company
- Pneumatic drill
- Stone cutters steel straight edge tool

- Stone cutters steel straight edge with lead cushions
- The Story of Minot's Light   by  Edward Rowe Snow  published by  The Yankee Publishing Company
- Chain Fall for lifting and moving stone for our stone splitting demonstrations.

Information Wanted
Granite industry labor unions

Women in the granite industry?
Granite tool manufacturers?
Finnish baths of West Quincy?
Information Wanted
Information is  wanted on quarry deaths including drownings and murders that the Quincy Underwater Recovery Team, Quincy Police Dive Team, Quincy Dive Team and South Shore Neptunes who were involved in the search and recovery efforts. Information including slides, movies, photos and newspaper articles are wanted by the museum.  The museum will copy and return any material given the museum. Also any information about the dive team’s practice dives at the quarries is also wanted. Contact the museum at 617-472-1322 or e-mail the museum at [email protected]