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Arthur Lightheart Recalls a Loose Load

In this audio clip, Lightheart describes a risky incident his brother and Fred Downing experienced going up a ramp with a load of stone to the top of […]

The Derrick on its Tracks

This image shows the derrick in action in 1910. The boom arm lifts full buckets of stone into a waiting freight car at the north edge of the […]

The Erie Steam Shovel

William Smith Otis (1813-1839) invented the “steam shovel” in 1836 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a revolutionary invention for the aggregate industry. Before Otis’ invention, almost all excavation projects were […]

Tracks in the Pit

A faded black and white photograph of a work crew outside looking down on a group of horses attached to wooden carts along a track.

Pumphouses

Whether these pools of water result from heavy rainfall or digs towards groundwater reserves, the pumping station on the right is set up to direct the water out […]

The Great Flood: Chemical Lime

This image shows the quarry pit filled with water at Innerkip Lime and Stone/Chemical Lime. Notice the mast of a submerged drill rig with its crown pulley reaching […]