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Kirchin059
A shack at a quarry. Possibly Mt. Airy, NC.
Kirchin060
A group of executives dressed in suits and hats pose at a quarry.
Kirchin061
Stone cutting operation at a quarry. Possibly Lithonia, Georgia.
Kirchin062
Workers cut and stack cubes of granite at a quarry.
Notice the railroad tracks that were used to transport the unfinished granite blocks.
Kirchin063
A group of men (a few smoking cigars) watches workers demonstrate using a machine to cut paving stones at a quarry.
Location unknown.
Kirchin064
Two men working on cutting a large piece of stone at a quarry.
Kirchin065
Three men cut pieces of granite curbing out of a large section of stone at a quarry.
Wedges have been driven into the stone to help break it.
Kirchin066
The three men (orig. shown in Kirchin065) continue to work on cutting pieces of granite curbing out of a large section of stone at a quarry.
The wedges have done their job and split the large stone into three parts.
The wedges have done their job and split the large stone into three parts.
Kirchin067
Pieces of granite curbing are set up to be shaped and smoothed at a quarry.
Kirchin068
Granite curbing been shaped and smoothed at a quarry. Same view as Kirchin067.
Kirchin069
Granite blocks that have been cut for curbing are stacked on a rail car to be shipped by railroad.
Kirchin071
Layers of stone can be seen at this stone quarry operation.
Kirchin072
This view of workers at a stone cutting operation at the quarry gives a sense of the scale of surrounding rock.
Kirchin073
A broken slide shows a rock quarry with several derricks in view.
Kirchin075
Workers pause next to a seam of stone they are cutting at a quarry.
Location unknown.
Kirchin076
Duplicate of Kirchin075.
Kirchin077
Large wedges are used to cut a long section of granite at a quarry.
Kirchin078
A group of workers drive in wedges to cut a seam of stone at a quarry. Possibly Mt. Airy, North Carolina.
Notice the wooden gang box (where the workers tools are kept) to the left.
Notice the wooden gang box (where the workers tools are kept) to the left.
Kirchin079
Boom derricks and trusses help in the stone cutting operation at a quarry.
Notice the man driving the horse drawn wagon.
Kirchin080
Two workers show off their pneumatic rock drill at a rock quarry.
Miller001
A view of the Balfour Road
Miller002
A view of the Balfour Quarry site.
Miller003
A view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.
Miller004
Another view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.
Miller005
Another view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.
Miller006
Another view of the Balfour Quarry filled with water.
Miller007
A view of the Herman Quarry
Miller008
Another view of the Herman Quarry
Miller009
A postcard view of the Balfour Quarry operation in Granite Quarry, NC
Miller010
A postcard showing multiple views of the Balfour Quarry operations.
Miller012
The Earnhardts at the quarry
Miller015
James Earnhardt, Quarry worker, Sept. 14, 1972