I am looking for any information on the Maine granite railroads of the turn of the centrury. The Museum at Stonington has a model railroad of granite work; if anyone has pictures I would appreciate a copy. Thanks
Have you looked at any of the two foot museum web sites? I'd hope someone there could help direct you to the best resources. Boxcab E50
Deer Island RRs Most of the Deer Isle quarries were right at Stonington. Hence, they loaded out to vessels fairly easily for the line haul by water to either further processing or to the job sites. The Museum there put out this book - Gregory Poitras; STONE SLABS and IRON MEN, that deal with the local granite quarriers. The Settlement Quarry was the northernmost of the Deer Isle quarries and they worked two pits, and operated (all approximations) 2500 feet of track with a steamer. The Cutting shed was 1000 ft. from the farthest hole, and 600 feet from the wharves that they used to ship out the granite. This quarry was owned by a New York City contractor that used the granite to construct the large granite retaining wall next to the New York Central's West Side Freight line for many blocks from 135 St north that held up West Side Drive. The granite was sold for use elsewhere , both in NYC and other places by different contractors. Good-Luck, PJB
