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  • Tags: Granite

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This photo shows two unidentified men taking a break from shaping granite into blocks with hammers.

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A view of the Balfour Road

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A view of the Balfour Quarry site.

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A view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.

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Another view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.

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Another view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.

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Another view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.

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A view of the Herman Quarry

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Another view of the Herman Quarry

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Karr Earnhardt cutting stone

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Sam Earnhardt and George Wear loading a large piece of granite onto a flatbed truck trailer.

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A Salisbury Evening Post newspaper clipping dated September 4, 1972 proclaims Rowan County is 60,000 pounds lighter as a slab of pink granite is transported by rail to Hartford, Connecticut.

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A Salisbury Evening Post newspaper clipping dated October 4, 1970 documenting Reg Kirchin's career as a stone cutter.

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Stone masons – Laborers laying granite blocks in front of the Salisbury Depot in the early 1900s.
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