John Beattie, Jr. marking day’s production for the Bulkeley Bridge
Date1905
MediumPhotography; nitrate negatives
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 1/2 × 3 13/16in. (11.4 × 9.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineBequest from the Estate of Elizabeth Beattie
DescriptionBlack and white photographic negative of John Beattie, Jr. outside the big cutting shed marking the day’s stone production for the Bulkeley Bridge in Hartford, 1905. Beattie, Jr. stands in front of a shed with his back to the camera marking large blocks of cut granite, he wears a hat and heavy coat.
Object number2023.17.45
CopyrightPublic Domain
Inscribed(.45-.46) Typed on envelope: QUARRY PICTURES / 1905 / John Beattie [handwritten correction “JR”], (Uncle Whiskers) Marking / the day’s production for Bulkley [sic] Bridge / Hartford, outside the big cutting shed.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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1904
1890-1918
1918
c. 1918
1890-1918
1890-1918
1890-1918
c. 1918