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Quarries: Economics – Methods
– Stone Types –
Equipment and Other Considerations
(Also see "The Quarry Industry in General" & "The Building Industry")
Quarry & Mining Terminology (Glossaries, dictionaries, definitions etc.)
American Stone Fields (August 1890) The Manufacture and Builder, Vol. 22, Issue 8, August 1890, pg. 177. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
American Marbles (January 1857) “The Living Age...”, Vol. 52, Issue 660, January 17, 1857, pgs. 148-149. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
American Marbles (November 1888) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 20, Issue 11, November 1888, pgs. 250-251. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Brown-Stone (The end of an era) (November 1869) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 1, Issue 11, November 1869, pgs. 332-333. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Building Stones in the United States (October 1884) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 10, October 1884, pgs. 229-230. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Building and Decorative Stone (June 1886) (The material in the article was extracted from an address before the British Association.) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 18, Issue 6, June 1886, pg. 129. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Building and Decorative Stones (June 1886) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 18, Issue 6, June 1886, pgs. 130-131. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Building Stones - Serpentine & Slate (November 1885) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 11, November 1885, pg. 250. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Building Stones - The Sandstones (September 1885) Quarrying Notes – The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 9, September 1885, pgs. 202-203. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Building Stones - The Syenites (gneiss, mica-schist, diabase, basalt, porphyry) (September 1885)
End of article (pg. 180) Quarrying Notes - The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 9, September 1885, pg. 179. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Building Stones - Granite (Concluded) (July 1885) Quarrying Notes - The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 7, July 1885, pgs. 154-155. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Coming of Age of Marble (December 1892) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 24, Issue 12, December 1892, pgs. 278-279. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Concerning Building Stones (June 1890) (This article describes: rock face, pointed face, aze-hammered face, patent hammered, bush hammered, square drove, tooth chiseled, sawed face, fine sand finish, pumice finish, polished surface, and includes a few diagrams of some of these faces.) The Manufacture and Builder, Vol. 22, Issue 6, June 1890, pgs. 129-130. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Elastic Marble (March 1894) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 26, Issue 3, March 1894, pg. 62. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Granite Architecture (February 1892) The New England magazine, Vol. 24, Issue 2, February 1892, pg. 39. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Induration of Stone (February 1887) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 19, Issue 2, February 1887, pg. 36. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Induration of Stone (October 1888) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 20, Issue 10, October 1888, pg. 228. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Lamination in Stone (April 1893) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 25, Issue 4, April 1893, pg. 87. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Limestones as Building and Ornamental Stones (September 1890) The Manufacture and Builder, Vol. 22, Issue 9, September 1890, pg. 201. (The article includes a sketch of "Magnified Fossiliferous Limestone;" article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Mausoleum Marbles (September 1860) "The Living Age..." Volume 66, Issue 851, September 22, 1860, pgs. 754-758. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Notes on Slate for Builders (January 1871) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 1871, pgs. 9-10. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Qualities of Building Stone (June 1894) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 26, Issue 6, June 1894, pgs. 134-135. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Rocks (includes the beginning of the article on the Granites) (June 1885) Quarrying Notes - The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 6, June 1885, pgs. 130-131. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Rocks - Their Physical Structure (Continued) (May 1885) Quarrying Notes - The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 5, May 1885, pgs. 106-107. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Serpentine as a Building Material (March 1890) The Manufacture and Builder, Vol. 22, Issue 3, March 1890, pg. 57. (The article includes a sketch of "Serpentine Quarry, Chester, Pa."; article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Southern Marble (June 1887) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 19, Issue 6, June 1887, pgs. 130-131. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Stone Ornamenting Machine (Using diamond saws) (December 1874) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 6, Issue 12, December 1874, pg. 273. (The article includes a sketch of the machine; article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Stone Quarrying by Machinery (October 1884) (This article includes a sketch of "Saunders' Improved Ingersoll Channeling Machine" and another of a "gang of drills.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 10, October 1884, pg. 226. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
About Stone (Recommendation of Seasoning Stone Before Use) (September 1893) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 25, Issue 9, September 1893, pgs. 206-207. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
How Stone is Quarried and Prepared for Building Purposes (May 1873) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 5, Issue 5, May 1873, pg. 112. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Modern Stone Quarrying - The Channeling Process (October 1884) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 10, October 1884, pgs. 230-231. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Quarrying and Dressing Marble (June 1891) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 23, Issue 6, June 1891, pg. 130. (Includes a photograph of the Sutherland Falls Marble Quarry; article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Sawing Marble - Ten-Ton Block Direct from Quarry, Proctor, Vermont (Keystone View Co. photograph and text, 1913)
Slates and Slating (November 1892) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 24, Issue 11, November 1892, pg. 255. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Tools Used in Stone-Cutting (February 1885) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 2, February 1885, pg. 38. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
CSR Crushed Rock & Paving Glossary, presented by dee Concrete and Accessories.
Dictionary of Mining, Minerals and Related Terms, presented by Hacettepe University
Department of Mining Engineering.
The EduMine Dictionary of Mining, Minerals and Related Terms, presented by Global InfoMine.
Glossary of Building Stone Terms (Appendix 5), from Building Stone in Nova Scotia, by G. B. Dickie, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mineral Resources Branch, Economic Geology Series ME 1996-1.
A Glossary of The Mining and Mineral Industry, by A. H. Fay, Bulletin 95, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Washington: Government Printing Office: 1947, 754 pp. (Reprinted from 1920 edition, without changes.) (Book)
Glossary of Scientific and Quarry Terms from The Chief Commercial Granites of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, Bulletin 354 (1908) and The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, both by T. Nelson Dale.
Glossary of Scientific and Quarry Terms, from The Granites of Maine, Bulletin 313, 1907, by T. Nelson Dale, United States Geological Survey.
Glossary of Slate Quarry Terms, C. F. Derven, Poultney, November 22, 1938.
A Glossary of Some Slate Industry Terms, The Slate Industry of North and Mid Wales, by Dave Sallery.
Glossary of Stone Terms, by Canadian Stone.
Nomenclature of Building Stones and of Stone Masonry (March 1885) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 3, March 1885, pgs. 60-61. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Terminology by Champlain Stone, Ltd., derived from Marble and Stone Slab Veneer, written by James E. Amrhien and Michael W. Merrigan
"Air Power Economy in a Granite Quarry," from Mine and Quarry Magazine, Vol. III. No. 1, June 1908, Sullivan Machinery Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois. (The Rockport Granite Company of Rockport, Massachusetts, is discussed.)
An Electrically-Operated Tool for Dressing and Carving Stone, etc. (April 1893) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 25, Issue 4, April 1893, pg. 87. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
An English Stone-Working Machine (September 1891) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 23, Issue 9, September 1891, pg. 207. (The article includes a sketch of this machine.) (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Application of the Electric Light at the Angers (France) Slate Quarries (January 1885) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 1, January 1885, pgs. 12-13. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Brunner & Lay: Manufacturers of Marble, Stone, Granite and Bricklayers' Tools, Stone Jacks, Derricks, and Contractors' Supplies (Catalog). Chicago, Illinois.
Burr Stones (April 1876) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 8, Issue 4, April 1876, pgs. 82-83. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
"Carl Meyer Celebrates 100th Anniversary with First Diamond Gang Saw for Granite," Dimensional Stone, Vol. 6, No. 8, Anon., pp. 56-58, 1990b.
Carving Stone by Electricity (February 1893) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 25, Issue 2, February 1893, pg. 39. (Text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Concord Stone-Polishing Machine (August 1890) The Manufacture and Builder, Vol. 22, Issue 8, August 1890, pg. 177. (The article includes a sketch of the machine; text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Crump and Brereton Rotary Quarrier and Stone Shaper (October 1884) (The article includes a sketch: "The Crump and Brereton Rotary Quarrier and Stone Shaper.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 10, October 1884, pg. 229. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
"The Crump and Brereton Rotary Quarrier and Stone Shaper" (December 1884) Quarrying Notes – The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 12, December 1884, pgs. 275-276. (text and diagram of the machinery) (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Derricks - “The First Derrick,” from Stone Magazine, March 1925, Vol. XLVI, No. 3, pp. 169.
“‘Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.’” - Archimedes.
“Hiero, king of Syracuse, learning of Archimedes’ remark, is recorded in history as having requested a demonstration to illustrate his contention that a very great weight could be lifted by a small force. Archimedes, who had been experimenting with a crude form of block and tackle appeared before the king and performed the same experiment that first had caused him to give voice to his claim. Whether he lifted a great block of stone or a tree trunk, history is not clear, but the fact remains that Archimedes was the pioneer in the field of cranes and derricks. Previous to the time of Archimedes the lifting and moving of huge stones was chiefly a question of man power and greased ways. Archytias, a deciple (sic) of Pythagoras, invented the single pulley and it was through a multiplication of pulleys that Archimedes somewhat later demonstrated his theory of the weight lifting. It might be said, in passing, that it was Archimedes, who upon discovering that his body displaced water, ran from his bath crying out the news of his discovery. The Early Greeks and Romans were well acquainted with the block and tackle, while during the Middle Ages it was used extensively to lift heavy loads. Working sketches of hoists, blocks and tackle and derricks in many forms are contained in the sketchbooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), the Florentine artist and architect, as well as engineer, who exercised such a pronounced influence upon the art and architecture of his time. But it was not until the age of steam that hoists and derricks really came into their own and began to be perfected in the form that we know them today. It was but a step to make them applicable to electric as well as steam power and it is with the latter that the stone industry is concerned, although quarries still use steam derricks to a great extent, due to the remoteness of many of their deposits from central electric energy plants. Thus from the first locomotive cranes built in England about 1850 or perhaps a little later, crane and derrick manufacturers have sought to meet the requirements of every industry. In small stone yards and mills hand cranes are still in use, but in the larger plants all stone is moved by means of the overhead electric traveling cranes, which are more than mere cranes, but rather suspension bridges of great lifting power and freedom of motion that make it possible to employ them in almost every conceivable manner for lifting and shifting of both the quarry blocks and the finished materials. They are as indispensable to the mill owner as are the pneumatic tools to the carver and the sculptor.”
Diamond Stone-Sawing Machine (February 1892) The New England Magazine, Vol. 24, Issue 2, February 1892, pg. 39. (The article includes a sketch of the machine) (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
"Diamond Wire for Cutting Hard Rock," Dimensional Stone, Vol. 5, No. 2, O. Cia and R. Mancini, pp. 24-27, 1989.
"The Diamond Wire Saw," Dimensional Stone, Vol. 6, No. 8, A. C. Hawkins, et al., pp. 44-50, 64, 1990.
Dimension Stone Quarrying – The Blasting Process (April 1893) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 25, Issue 4, April 1893, pg. 86. (Text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Double-Gang Channeling Machine for Sandstone (January 1889) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 21, Issue 1, January 1889, pg. 13. (The article includes a sketch: "The Wardwell Double-Gang Quarrying Machine for Grit Sandstone.") (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
An Electric Drill for Quarry Work (June 1893) (The article includes three sketches; one is "General Electric Company's Electric Percussion Drill.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 25, Issue 6, June 1893, pg. 134. (Text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
An Electrically-Operated Tool for Dressing and Carving Stone, etc. (April 1893) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 25, Issue 4, April 1893, pg. 87. (Text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Granite City Polishing Machine (March 1892) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 24, Issue 3, March 1892, pg. 63. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Grindstones (December 1888) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 20, Issue 12, December 1888, pg. 275. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Hoisting Stone in Quarries (July 1870) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 2, Issue 7, July 1870, pg. 198. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The time period covered in this article is during the early 1800s.
Key words in article: Adamant Quarries, Montpelier, Vermont; block and tackle; boom derrick; clog chains; John Crouse of Syracuse, New York; Fayette Cutler, Barre, Vermont; double runner sleds; freight Tariffs; Joseph Glidden, Mark Glidden;granite quarries; granite sheds; horse sweep; Jones Brothers, Vermont; “New Hampshire Horses,” railroads; ramp, rollers; single-drum winch; skids; spur track; St. John the Devine Cathedral, New York City; Stanford Mausoleum; wagon pulled by horses and oxen teams, wagons.
How Granite Columns are Polished (March 1884) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 3, March 1884, pgs. 59-60. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
How Granite is Polished (Granite Pillars) (May 1878) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 10, Issue 5, May 1878, pgs. 102-103. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Improved Double-Gang Stone-Channeling and Quarrying Machine (November 1888) (The article includes a sketch of "The Double-Gang Stone-Cutting and Quarrying Machine.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 20, Issue 11, November 1888, pgs. 251-252. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Improved Gang Saw for Stone-Sawing (the Merriman Screw Gang Saw) (October 1888) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 20, Issue 10, October 1888, pg. 226. (The article includes a sketch of the gang saw.) (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Improved Hoisting Engine for Quarrying (November 1884) (The article includes three views of "Improved Hoisting Engine For Quarrying.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 11, November 1884, pgs. 250-251. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Improved Hoisting Engines for Quarry Work (February 1886) (The article includes two sketches with two views of the: "Lidgerwood Single-Cylinder Hoisting Machine (without boiler)." The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 18, Issue 2, February 1886, pgs. 35-36. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Improved Hoisting Engine Designed for Quarry Use (May 1888) (The article includes a sketch of "Improved Engine for Quarry Use.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 20, Issue 5, May 1888, pg. 108. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Improved Hoisting Engine for Quarry Service (May 1892) (The page includes a sketch of "Improved Hoisting Quarry Engine for Quarry Service.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 24, Issue 5, May 1892, pg. 110. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Improved Quarrying Machinery (March 1885) (The article includes a sketch of "Rand's 'Little Giant' Rock Drill.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 3, March 1885, pgs. 59-60. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Improved Quarrying Machinery (January 1887) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 19, Issue 1, January 1887, pg. 11. (includes picture of a quarryman using an "improved quarrying frame") (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Improved Stone Sawing and Quarrying Machine (August 1892) (This article includes a sketch of "Improved Stone-Sawing and Quarrying Machine.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 24, Issue 8, August 1892, pg. 183. (Text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Jeffrey Stone Elevator (July 1894) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 26, Issue 7, July 1894, pg. 159. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
A Large Quarry Hoisting Engine (May 1893) (This article includes a sketch of a "Ten-Ton Quarry Hoisting Engine, Built by J. S. Mundy of Newark, N. J.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 25, Issue 5, May 1893, pg. 111. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Lewis – The lewis is a tool that is used by a freemason to raise large stones and set them in the desired location. Visit this web site for a thorough description and diagram of the lewis. The web site is presented by Pietre-Stones Review of Freemasonry.
Manufacturer of Grindstones (June 1894) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 26, Issue 6, June 1894, pg. 135. (The article includes a sketch of "Turning Large Grindstones - Quarry No. 2 West View, Ohio"; article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The McDonald Stone Dressing Machine (January 1885) (The article includes a sketch of the machine.) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 1, January 1885, pg. 12. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Modern Explosives (March 1894) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 26, Issue 3, March 1894, pg. 62. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Modern Stone Quarrying - The Channeling Process (October 1884) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 10, October 1884, pgs. 230-231. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
"A New "Duplex" Channeler for Oölitic Limestone," by C. J. Levey, from Mine and Quarry Magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, Vol. VII. No. 2, January, 1913.
A New French Sawing Machine ("A new stone-cutting machine, with diamond teeth.") (April 1891) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 23, Issue 4, April 1891, pg. 81. (Text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Polishing Marble (Recipes) (October 1889) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 21, Issue 10, October 1889, pgs. 233-234. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Pulsometer as a Quarry Pump (January 1885) (The article presents views of "The New Pulsometer" and a view of "The New Pulsometer Applied to Quarry Work.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 1, January 1885, pgs. 13-14. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Quarrying and Working Marble (October 1893) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 25, Issue 10, October 1893, pg. 230. (Text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Quarrying by Wire Cord (June 1891) (The article includes a sketch of machinery used to quarry by wire cord.) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 23, Issue 6, June 1891, pgs. 129-130. (Text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Quarrying Sandstone by Channeling and Wedging (March 1891) (The article includes a sketch with the caption: "Quarrying with Channeling and Wedging.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 23, Issue 3, March 1891, pg. 57. (Text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Quarrying with the Ingersoll Bar Channeler ( July 1891) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 23, Issue 7, July 1891, pg. 159 (Photograph of quarry and quarry workers and text of article (Text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress)
Sawing Granite (February 1877) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 9, Issue 2, February 1877, pg. 40. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Slate Channeling by Machinery (November 1891) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 23, Issue 11, November 1891, pg. 254. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Stone Channeling (April 1894) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 26, Issue 4, April 1894, pg. 86. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Stone Ornamenting Machine (using diamond saws) (December 1874) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 6, Issue 12, December 1874, pg. 273. (The article includes a sketch of the machine.) (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Stone Quarrying by Machinery (August 1874) (The article contains a sketch of a "Stone-Quarrying Machine.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 6, Issue 8, August 1874, pgs. 172-173. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Stone Quarrying by Machinery (October 1884) (This article includes a sketch of "Saunders' Improved Ingersoll Channeling Machine" and another of a "gang of drills.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 10, October 1884, pg. 226. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Stone-Sawing and Its Machinery (December 1884) (The article includes a sketch of a "Modern Stone-Sawing Machine.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 16, Issue 12, December 1884, pg. 276-277. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Surface Cutting Granite by Machinery (Pneumatic Stone-Dressing Machine) (September 1894) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 26, Issue 9, September 1894, pg. 207. (The article includes a sketch of a "Pneumatic Stone-Dressing Machine in Operation.") (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Tempering Steel Tools for Stone Work (May 1892) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 24, Issue 5, May 1892, pgs. 110-111. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
The Toolemera Press & the Toolemera Blog, featuring the books, trade catalogs, photographs and ephemera of early tools, trades, crafts, and industries.
“Tools and Machinery of the Granite Industry” (in four parts), by Paul Wood, in The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Inc. (Issues of these magazines are available from th Early American Industries Association, Inc. Parts I, II, III, and IV are available on the Find Articles web site at the web addresses below, although the photographs are not included.)
Part I. Vol. 59, No. 2, June 2006. (“Introduction: This article, the first in a series of four on granite working, deals with granite as a material, an industry, and a product and begins the description of the granite quarrying process.”)
Part II. Vol. 59, No. 3, September 2006. (“Introduction: This article, the second in a series of four on granite working, completes the description of the quarrying process....”)
Part III. Vol. 59, No. 4, December 2006. (“Granite Finishing: A small number of basic finished dimension stones made up the great majority of granite shed production. For gravestones and private....”)
Part IV. Vol. 60, No. 1, March 2007. (“This article is the last in a series of four on the tools and machinery of granite working....”)
Tools Used in Stone-Cutting (February 1885) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 2, February 1885, pg. 38. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Tools Used in Stone-Cutting (February 1890) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 22, Issue 2, February 1890, pg. 32. (This article includes a sketch of the tools used) (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
"Water Also Quarries Stone," Stone World, Anon., Vol. 8, No. 5, p. 47, 1991a. "Where Fine Whetstones Come From" (March 1892) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 24, Issue 3, March 1892, pg. 63. (Text of article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress)
Wire Tramways for General Transportation (February 1885) (The article includes sketches: "The Hodgson System of Traveling Rope," "Loading end, showing terminal rail," "View of Incline Adaptation at Aalsund, Norway.") The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 2, February 1885, pgs. 36-38. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Nomenclature of Building Stones and of Stone Masonry (March 1885) The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 17, Issue 3, March 1885, pgs. 60-61. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
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