Shorpy, horses & wagon in a granite quarry

[deemery]

https://www.shorpy.com/node/27739?size=_original#caption

dave

[Dave Buchholz]

Great detail in that photo!
Thanks for sharing.

[ACL1504]

Great photo from Shorpy Dave. Thanks for sharing.

Tom 

[deemery]

Most of the curbs on sidewalks here are Concord Granite.  It's basically what you think of for 'granite', white/light grey with small specks in it.   (my front stoop)


dave

[Philip]

A good day unless your a horse. Great photo

[Rick]

Interesting photo and could have used a faster shutter speed.
When I was in New England last year I noticed almost all of the curbs were granite.

[deemery]

Slightly related:  https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/73103  A complete set of Roman era mason tools were found in Romania (Roman Dacia.)   (The History Blog is my favorite internet site for stuff like this, the author does a really good job adding value to basic news reports on art and archeology topics.)

dave

[KentuckySouthern]

Oh no! The Shorpy black hole!  There goes an hour!   

[Philip]

Oh no! The Shorpy black hole!  There goes an hour!   

two

[jbvb]

Most of the curbs on sidewalks here are Concord Granite.  It's basically what you think of for 'granite', white/light grey with small specks in it.  (my front stoop)

dave

One of the presenters at this year's Northeastern Region convention in Concord NH has learned a lot about granite.  Starting with the quarries in Gloucester and Rockport, MA he's taught himself to identify granite from most of the big quarries in New England.  He says that, despite the distance, the B&M's cut stone piers, retaining walls and abutments along the coast were built with stone from the Rock Of Ages quarry in Barre, VT.

[deemery]

Most of the curbs on sidewalks here are Concord Granite.  It's basically what you think of for 'granite', white/light grey with small specks in it.  (my front stoop)

dave

One of the presenters at this year's Northeastern Region convention in Concord NH has learned a lot about granite.  Starting with the quarries in Gloucester and Rockport, MA he's taught himself to identify granite from most of the big quarries in New England.  He says that, despite the distance, the B&M's cut stone piers, retaining walls and abutments along the coast were built with stone from the Rock Of Ages quarry in Barre, VT.

Unfortunately, that session ran in parallel with my clinic.  Sounds like I missed a good one!

dave

[jbvb]

Scott Jewell's layout is open for Sunday of Tour de Chooch this year. It's in Ipswich, so not a fast drive but pretty if you come down US 1 and MA 1-A from Newburyport.