Traigneaux Marble Quarry, near Philippeville, Belgium.

Traigneaux Marble Quarry, near Philippeville, Belgium. The objective of this photograph is to show the vertical sides of the quarry left by sawing with the wire strand. One of the frames with a pulley is shown by the side of the ladder, and the other is in the shade behind it. The frame on the right hand side of the picture is in use for sawing a block. On the left hand of the picture, the remaining half of a pit for receiving the frame and lower guiding pulley can be distinctly perceived. Others are visible above the ladder.

Wire saw, with its two guiding pulleys, showing the manner of using it for sawing a big block of marble at the bottom of the Traigneaux Quarry (near Philippeville, Belgium). The thin lines above the two upper pulleyes indicate parts of the strange by which the sawing is effected.

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