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Kirchin061
Stone cutting operation at a quarry. Possibly Lithonia, Georgia.
Kirchin064
Two men working on cutting a large piece of stone at a quarry.
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.
Kirchin074
Piles of stone blocks are moved by wagon and placed near where they will be laid.
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.
A Sanborn Map of the…
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.
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.
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.
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.
KirchinOther024
This photo shows two unidentified men taking a break from shaping granite into blocks with hammers.
RK Referral
A referral letter given to Reginald Kirchin from his employer, The Harris Granite Quarries Company.
The letter, dated May 3, 1922 at Salisbury, NC reads as follows:
To Whom it May Concern.
Reginald Kirchin started work in the employ of The Harris…
STONE_1
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.
STONE_2
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.