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McGilvray-Raymond Corporation Granite Quarry Photographic Tour

(Also quarried by Simpson-Pirnie, W. A. Meyer, & Andrew Lehnberg)

Lakeside, San Diego County, California

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The following photographs of the old McGilvray-Raymond quarry located in Lakeside were taken in late May 2012. Jeff McGreevy, a member of the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society and the Santee Historical Society, very generously took us to the McGilvray granite quarry as a part of the tour that he created for us of some of the old granite quarries located in the central portion of San Diego County.

If you would like to read more about the old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry at Lakeside, visit the “McGilvray-Raymond Corporation” quarry section of our web site. John McGilvray, the founder of the McGilvray Stone Company, operated branch offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Besides the McGilvray granite quarry in Lakeside, the company operated the following California quarries: the McGilvray granite quarry at Knowles, Madera County; the McGilvray Stone Co. sandstone quarry located in Colusa County; and the Graystone/Stanford sandstone quarry located south of San Jose in Santa Clara County. You can read more about John McGilvray, his family, and his company in the 1921 article, “California’s Granites are Unsurpassed.  John D. McGilvray, Pioneer Stone Man, Develops Great Industry Here,” (pdf) on our web site. The Lakeside granite quarry that the McGilvray Raymond Corporation operated was leased from 1922 through the 1930s from the Simpson-Pirnie Company. (Other operators of this quarry were W. A. Meyer (1922-1930) and Andrew Lehnberg, according to Geology and Mineral Resources of San Diego County, California, 1963.)

Walking up the road to the old McGilvray Raymond Corp. quarry Walking up the road to the old McGilvray Raymond Corp. quarry

You can see a small part of the old McGilvray-Raymond Quarry through the trees

Walking up the road to the old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. quarry
 
Jeff McGreevy walking up to the old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA Jeff McGreevy walking up to the old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA Part of the old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA

 

Jeff McGreevy walking upto the old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. quarry

 
Left side of part of the old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA Looking directly at the old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA Right side of the old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA

 

Panorama view of the McGilvray-Raymond granite quarry
(from left to right)

 
The old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA The old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA The old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA

 

Various views of the old McGilvray- Raymond granite quarry site

 
The old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA The old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA

As mentioned above, the quarry was also operated by the companies listed to the right:

the Simpson-Pirnie Co., W. A. Meyer, & Andrew Lehnberg.
 
Looking at The old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA, from across the valley Looking at The old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA, from across the valley Looking at The old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA, from across the valley

 

Different views of the old McGilvray- Raymond Corp. quarry as seen from across the valley

 
Looking at The old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA, from across the valley Looking at The old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA, from across the valley Looking at The old McGilvray-Raymond Corp. granite quarry, Lakeside, San Diego Co., CA, from across the valley

 

 

 
Looking at the hills near Lakeside, San Diego County, CA

View of the hills from the same location that the preceding photos were taken in Lakeside

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