The New England Stoneworkers Preservation Society
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I am also looking for stories, photos, artifacts and locations of the stoneworkers and their work places, the quarries and cutting sheds. The artifacts and photos are often tucked away in the attics and cellars of their relatives who worked in the quarries and on the ships that transported the granite to near and far away places. The articles will be given back to you or can be donated to the local town or city historical society. I will be sharing their memories on-line and in a future publications.
My Upcoming exhibits and talks will take place throughout York County:
Dorothea J. McKenzie #207-590-1547 or email: dreamtraveler2001@yahoo.com
Projects Outside of York County
- June 11th at 7:00 p.m.
Franklin Historical Society, Franklin, ME.
"Quarrying Through Hancock County" Exhibit and Talk
Past Projects & Exibits
An Exhibit at
McArthur Library, Main St. Biddeford, ME
April 24 to May 24th of 2008
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Portrait of an 1850's Stonecutter
Photo courtesy of The Library of Congress with a link to their web site: http://www.loc.gov |
The traveling exhibit will be high-lighning the history and location of the stone workers and the granite quarries of York County. It will include 4 maps, 16 posters and 8 framed photos of the quarries and stoneworkers, including the names of some of the stoneworkers and owners of the granite companies. I am available upon request to give a power point presentation of my research so far, as there is much more to follow.
In Biddeford, there was an active labor union established in 1886 for the stoneworkers, which was called the Granite Cutters International Union- 1877 to 1977. There were 15 quarries scattered throughout York County, starting in 1826 with Milk Island of Cape Porpoise, along with Kennebunkport, Alfred, Arundel, Biddeford, North Berwick, to the present working quarry, which is the Millennium Quarry in Wells.
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