Big Stone for the New Bridge
PhotographerPhotographed by
John T. Henderson
American, 1876 - 1962
Date1907
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 6 1/4in. (10.2 x 15.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 6 1/4in. (10.2 x 15.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 6 1/4in. (10.2 x 15.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionSix men stand on a large block of granite in a stone quarry. Two men wear suits and hats. The other men wear work clothes and caps. The granite block is supported on heavy timbers resting on tracks. Quarry machinery is visible at the left and right.
Object number1950.577.3
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in red ink, "58572"; in blue pencil, "same size / 3 col / 2378"; in pencil, "About 1904"; lower center, in pencil, old and new accession numbrsNotesSubject Note: The photograph was reproduced in The Hartford Courant on September 21, 1907. According to the article, the photograph was taken by Deputy Chief Engineer John T. Henderson in he Norcross Quarries in Stony Creek, Connecticut. The men in the photograph include William Dodds, who inspected all the cut stone for the bridge, and J. J. Dwyer, the quarry inspector. The stone measured ten by eighteen by five feet and was to bear the tablet at the west approach to the Bulkeley Bridge, then under construction in Hartford.On View
Not on view
c. 1912-1913
1890-1918
1890-1918
1890-1918
1904-1905