Photographs of the J. K. Pirie Granite Quarry Photo Group #2
Located in Williamstown, Vermont
These photographs were taken by Fred F. Pirie. Several of the photographs are dated in 1939 and 1940s. The photographs are used with the permission of Paul Wood, at the Vermont Granite Museum. Most of the photographs have been contributed by Paul Wood and Andreas Kuehnpast. The photo captions were written by Paul Wood. The Vermont Granite Museum welcomes contributions of photographs, etc., relating to the Vermont granite quarrying industry. (Please note that the photographs are not presented in chronological order. Peggy B. Perazzo)
97. Quarry-edge photo showing a boom derrick, flatcar and assorted small buildings. It’s interesting to note the sloped lines of stone cleavage on the left side of the photo.
98. I’m not sure what the object is that is lying horizontally in the center of the photo
99. The box at the right looks to be a dust suction/filter device. Just to the right of the foreground derrick mast is a large channel bar-mounted quarry drill.
100. A really nice detail photo of a derrick base, showing what appears to be a concrete base, the kettle, the bull wheel, the lower mast iron, the lower boom iron with lifting cable sheave, and the boom truss. The photo also shows redirecting sheaves, mounted on their own concrete base, which insured that the turning cable came horizontally into the bull wheel even though the engine house was above the derrick base.
101. Boom tip about to lift grout box with collection buildings in background.
102. Site being excavated by steam shovel.
103. Quarry worker leaning against and trying to move a derrick hook. Large channel bar-mounted drill and associate dust remover equipment.
104. Steam shovel loading dump truck.
105. Quarry scene with channel bar-mounted drill.
106. Quarry bottom view with boom derrick.
107. Quarry edge-to-bottom view showing water-stained walls and water accumulation on the quarry floor.
108. Somewhat blurred photo showing masonry retaining wall and pole-mounted voltage step-down transformers.
109. Stoneyard view showing loaded flatcar, two derrick engine houses and two storage houses. The pulley in the left foreground may be a derrick redirection sheave.
110. Close-up of photo 109 view.
111. Same stoneyard as photos 109 and 110 with diesel switch engine hauling loaded flatcars.
112. Quarry-edge view showing a cluster of buildings – possibly all interconnected.
113. Same view as photo 112 – shifted somewhat to the left.
114. Same view as photo 113 at a different angle.
115. An early photo of twenty-two quarrymen posing for the camera at various levels on quarry shelves.
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