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Title	General view of New England Brownstone Quarry, Cromwell.
Place	Connecticut River Cromwell (Conn.)
Topic	Quarries and quarrying Brownstone industry Railroads -- Track
Theme	Livelihood Environment
Description	Men in work clothes stand in and near an excavation containing stone blocks. Some men appear to be African-American. Some men hold shovels. Ladders and wooden boxes are nearby. Large cranes or derricks are being used to load railroad cars. A team of horses is at the left. Teams of oxen are at the right. A man with a wheelbarrow is near a frame building. Railroad tracks are on an embankment and cross an overpass. Trees line the Connecticut River in the background. Inscribed on back: "General View of Quarry - NE Brownstone Quarry Co. / Connecticut River and No. Portland in background."
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Date created	[between 1890 and 1909]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 12 x 19 cm.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1972.30.30.17 File name 2829 img0058.pcd
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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