Cape Ann Quarries

CAPE ANN BECAME AN IMPORTANT ECONOMIC AREA AS A RESULT OF MORE THAN JUST THE FISHING INDUSTRY. IN THE 1820'S GRANITE BECAME A VERY DESIRABLE COMODITY, AND THE CAPE ANN AREA WAS SITTING ON HUGE AREAS OF THAT VERY ROCK. BY THE MID TO LATE 1800'S GRANITE FROM THE CAPE ANN AREA WAS BEING QUARRIED AND SHIPPED TO MAJOR CITIES, AND SMALL, ALL ALONG THE COAST. HAVING THE ABILITY TO TRANSPORT THE GRANITE BY WATER MADE IT VERY EASY TO PROVIDE THE MATERIAL TO MANY MARKETS. A 1910 ERA BOOKLET ABOUT GLOUCESTER DESCRIBED CAPE ANN'S GRANITE SUPPLY AS BEING COMPARATIVELY INEXHAUSTIBLE. SOME OF THE QUARRIES WERE LOCATED IN LANESVILLE, PIGEON COVE AND ROCKPORT.

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two Rollins views of the Cape Ann Granite Company	Rollins stereoviews of the Eastern Point Granite Company views	Gloucester Granite Company views #1 and #2 by Rollins	Gloucester Granite Company views #3 and #4 by Rollins	three views of quarry areas located in Lanesville

two Rollins of quarries in Lanesville and one of Barker's Quarry	three scenes from the Rockport Granite Company quarry	two unidentified views of Cape Ann area quarries	the Rockport quarry and a Procter Brothers view of an unidentified quarry	Rollins views of the Pigeon Cove Granite Company

two views showing Bayview, where granite was loaded onto vessels	two additonal views showing the wharf areas at Bayview	scenes showing granite being blasted out and a scene from the Barker Quarry	vessels were also loaded with granite in Rockport and Lanesville	images from the Trumball quarry in West Gloucester and the quarry in Rockport