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Hall Quarry McMullen Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Businesses, Quarry Operation			Mount Desert, Hall Quarry	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Hall Quarry McMullen Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12881 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Quarry Operation Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry Description: This quarry was "in the town of Mount Desert, southeast of the village of 'Hall Quarry' and four-fifths mile north of the Robinson Mountains." The operator was the Booth Bros. & Hurricane Isle Granite Co., 208 Broadway, New York. The granite was reportedly a light-buff grayish color with a coarse to medium texture. Accessory minerals: Apatite and a little secondary calcite within the oligoclase. Granite quarrying began as early as 1870 on Mount Desert Island at Hall's Quarry. Four major companies operated at Hall's Quarry from 1870 to 1965, the first being the Standard Granite Company, followed by McMullen Granite Co., Booth Brothers and Hurricane Island Granite Company and Grenci and Ellis Granite Co. All shipped stone for major building contracts all over the United States. In 1905 the quarry measured 250 feet north to south by 250 feet from east to west. The quarry had a depth of 50 feet at the west side. Transport of the granite was by track 800 feet to the wharf, which was accessible to schooners of 20 feet draft. Granite from this quarry was used in the following examples: the United States Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the basement of the New York Customhouse; the Brooklyn anchorage to the Manhattan Bridge; and the bridge over the Potomac at Washington. The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738 By T. Nelson Dale - Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey - Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923. - p. 222-223 [show more]
Three-Masted Schooner at Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Quarry Operation Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner			Mount Desert, Hall Quarry	Copyright Not Evaluated	Three-Masted Schooner at Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-11169 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Quarry Operation Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Three-Masted Schooner at Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Quarry Operation Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner			Mount Desert, Hall Quarry	Copyright Not Evaluated	Three-Masted Schooner at Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-11170 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Quarry Operation Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Isabel B. Wiley and the Bloomer Loading Granite at Hall Quarry - After 1906 Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Quarry Operation Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		1906 after	Mount Desert, Hall Quarry	Copyright Not Evaluated	Isabel B. Wiley and the Bloomer Loading Granite at Hall Quarry - After 1906 Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-6139 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Quarry Operation Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1906 after Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Tracks at Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Quarry Operation			Mount Desert, Hall Quarry	Copyright Not Evaluated	Tracks at Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5899 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Quarry Operation Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
McMullen Quarry on Somes Sound - I Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Quarry Operation		1907 c.	Mount Desert, Hall Quarry	Copyright Not Evaluated	McMullen Quarry on Somes Sound - I Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5826 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Quarry Operation Date: 1907 c. Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry Description: This photograph was taken during the McMullen era of the quarry. - Steven Haynes - Maine Granite Industry Historical Society - 2007 The large building on the left housed the compressor. The two story building on the right had offices on the first floor and draftsmen above. The blacksmith shop was in the center of the picture. The long structure in the background was a traveling crane to carry the stone for the cutter."- MH - Mt. Desert Islander - 2007. [show more]
The Quarries Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Businesses, Quarry Operation	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1890	Mount Desert, Hall Quarry	No Copyright - United States	The Quarries Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5752 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Businesses, Quarry Operation Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1890 Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Men at Work at Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Quarry Operation People			Mount Desert, Hall Quarry	Copyright Not Evaluated	Men at Work at Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-7622 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Quarry Operation People Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Cranes at Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Quarry Operation			Mount Desert, Hall Quarry	Copyright Not Evaluated	Cranes at Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5900 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Quarry Operation Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry

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