West Quarry at Hoadley’s Neck
Date1906
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 × 5in. (10.2 × 12.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineBequest from the Estate of Elizabeth Beattie
DescriptionBlack and white photograph, view of steel rail tracks and a derrick at the West Quarry of John Beattie Grantite Quarries, Hoadley’s Neck, Guilford, Connecticut, 1906.
Object number2023.17.83
CopyrightPublic Domain
Inscribed(.82-.83) Typed on envelope: “QUARRY PICTURES / West Quarry, the last derrick, on the / west end of the quarry, Hoadley’s Point. / This was unquarried prior to 1906, this / derrick was set up to get stone for the / Bridgeport Breakwaters. The ledge at the / right was bare on top and just in back of / it there was a weathered yellow house of / good design, a well and dooryard lilacs / with a road-path leading down right where / the derrick is, toward the water.”(.82-.83) Handwritten in black ink under typed inscription: "Hoadley House– had a front door / with full size raised panel / + side lights"NotesSubject Note: John Beattie's granite quarry, situated in Guilford on the Long Island Sound, was well-positioned to distribute granite via a fleet of schooners to locations in Connecticut and New York. Notably, granite from Beattie's quarry was used in the pedestal at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
The quarry operated from 1869, when Scottish immigrant Beattie purchased 400 acres of land on Leetes Island, until about 1918, when Beattie's sons closed up shop 20 years after his death. At its height, the quarry employed 700 people, many of them immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, England, Finland, Sweden, and Italy.
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