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Travels with Balfour Pink
Description
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A few years ago, Rowan Public Library was given a collection of glass slides from a local family. These magic lantern slides documented various paving and curbing projects done throughout the United States in the early 1900s. Many skilled stone workers came to Rowan County from Great Britain in the early 20th Century to work in the granite industry including the Kirchin family. Both father and son worked as stone cutters for the Harris Granite Quarries Company, world-renown for Balfour Pink “The Granite Eternal.” This granite was used for many projects all over the United States and Europe, particularly as paving stones and memorials. As society moved from horse drawn carts and carriages to motorcars, a smooth and even surface was felt to be imperative. Many of the glass slides offer a glimpse of American street scenes in the first quarter of the Twentieth Century.
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The materials in this collection are made available courtesy of Rowan Public Library for use in research and private study. Images and text may not be used without prior permission from Rowan Public Library, Edith M. Clark History Room.
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newspaper clipping
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Title
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KirchinOther032
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A man skilled with hammer and chisel can still make it
Description
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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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Cathy Kirhin
1970
Balfour Quarry
Blocks
England
Granite
Granite Quarry
Kirchin; Harry
Kirchin; Reg
Mountsorrel
North Carolina
October 4
Paving
pink
Powell; Clifford
Rowan County
Salisbury
Salisbury Granite Industries
Stone Cutter
Wittenburg Lutheran Church