Steam Drillers at East Quarry
Datec. 1912-1913
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 3/4 × 4 3/4in. (9.5 × 12cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineBequest from the Estate of Elizabeth Beattie
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of Angelo and an unidentified helper with their steam drill at the East Quarry of John Beattie Granite Works, c. 1912-1913. The men are dressed in work clothes and stand next to a ladder on small granite ledges along the quarry wall.
Object number2023.17.92
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscribedHandwritten on reverse in pencil: “A flimsey[sic] ladder– / Angelo + helper with their / steam drill at East Quarry / 1912 or 1913”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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