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Genealogy; Rowan County North Carolina
Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
Mary Louisa Gaskill McCubbins
1900-1954
Edith M. Clark History Room of the Rowan Public Library
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Genealogy; Rowan County North Carolina
Materials relating to specific surname(s) of immigrants and residents of Rowan County NC from its earliest years (1750s) and up as well as related families or collateral lines.
Mary Louisa Gaskill McCubbins
1900-1954
Edith M. Clark History Room of the Rowan Public Library
Rowan Public Library - Images and texts on these web pages are intended for research and educational use only. These materials have been made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) materials from this web site without prior permission, on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies. [Note: The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.
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KirchinOther024
This photo shows two unidentified men taking a break from shaping granite into blocks with hammers.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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KirchinOther023
A real photo post card showing crew member Jack Fleming (as identified on the back of the card), wielding a large hammer to break up granite blocks.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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KirchinOther007
Most likely a different view of the same column shown in the previous photo (KirchinOther006) of a granite column loaded on a railcar for transport.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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KirchinOther006
Cabinet photo showing six men dressed up and posing with a large granite column that has been loaded on a Southern rail car for transport.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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RK Referral
<p>A referral letter given to Reginald Kirchin from his employer, The Harris Granite Quarries Company.</p>
<p>The letter, dated May 3, 1922 at Salisbury, NC reads as follows:</p>
<p>To Whom it May Concern.</p>
<p>Reginald Kirchin started work in the employ of The Harris Granite Quarries Co. as an Apprentice Granite Cutter on Monday morning March 31, 1919.</p>
<p>On account of scarcity of work this pla(n)t suspended operations on March 25, 1922.</p>
<p>He has lost eight months on account of plant being idle at various times, otherwise his time would have expired at about the time of plant shutting down.</p>
<p>Mr. Kirchin has always taken a deep interest in his chosen occupation and has made good in every way.</p>
<p>The high quality of work turned out and the exteme hardness of Balfour Pink Granite, put a high test on a man's ability, and Mr. Kirchin has made good on all work assigned to him.</p>
<p>He is steady and reliable and you will make no mistake in giving him employment.</p>
<p>Very truly yours</p>
<p>The Harris Gr. Quarries Co</p>
<p>per Dale Mudgett</p>
1922
Cathy Kirchin
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Kirchin080
Two workers show off their pneumatic rock drill at a rock quarry.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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Kirchin079
<p>Boom derricks and trusses help in the stone cutting operation at a quarry.</p>
<p>Notice the man driving the horse drawn wagon.</p>
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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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.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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Kirchin077
Large wedges are used to cut a long section of granite at a quarry.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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Kirchin076
Duplicate of Kirchin075.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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Kirchin075
<p>Workers pause next to a seam of stone they are cutting at a quarry.</p>
<p>Location unknown.</p>
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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Kirchin074
<p>Piles of stone blocks are moved by wagon and placed near where they will be laid.</p>
<p>The ship in the background might indicate that this is another view of the work being done at Wallabout Place, Brooklyn as shown in Kirchin007.</p>
<p>A Sanborn Map of the area can be found in the digital collection of the New York Public Library <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b035af8-62be-07e3-e040-e00a18064b5a">here</a>.</p>
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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Kirchin073
A broken slide shows a rock quarry with several derricks in view.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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Kirchin072
This view of workers at a stone cutting operation at the quarry gives a sense of the scale of surrounding rock.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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Kirchin071
Layers of stone can be seen at this stone quarry operation.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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Kirchin064
Two men working on cutting a large piece of stone at a quarry.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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Kirchin061
Stone cutting operation at a quarry. Possibly Lithonia, Georgia.
1910-1930
Cathy Kirchin
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