Item 27840 - Lime Quarry, Thomaston, ca. 1870

Item 27840 - Lime Quarry, Thomaston, ca. 1870
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Item 27840
Lime Quarry, Thomaston, ca. 1870
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View of a lime quarry in Thomaston.

Written along the bottom is the sentence: "In distance is shown smoke from engines at Williams and Doherty Quarries."

Great cranes were used to lift both men and rock from the quarry. Most of the quarries were along Old County Road.

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