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Smoke issues from the smokestack of a small industrial building. A road leads to the edge of a quarry, with cranes and a small shed nearby. Blocks of brownstone are beside the road.

Six men stand beside a large steam-driven crane at the edge of a quarry. Pulleys and a large hook are at the end of a long heavy beam protruding from the cab. A smokestack projects from the roof of the cab and a seventh man looks out of a small window. Large blocks of stone are in the foreground. Frame buildings, apparently houses, are in the background.

Workmen stand at the edge of brownstone quarry. Some hold tools, including a snow shovel. A freight car is on tracks at the right. A crane for lifting stone is behind it. Snow is on the ground. Leafless trees, evergreen trees, and buildings are in the background., Connecticut History Online.

Three men stand among large blocks of brownstone. Chains wrapped around one of the blocks are attached to the pulley and beam of a steam crane. A fourth man looks out the window of the cab of the crane. Large trees are at the right.

Cranes and frame buildings are situated within a deep brownstone quarry. Additional cranes and frame buildings are on the quarry's rim. A man is seated on a ladder in the foreground.

Men stand at the bottom of a brownstone quarry. Large blocks of stone lie in the foreground. Ladders lean against the quarry walls. Cranes and frame buildings are at the top of the quarry.

Men stand and sit around large blocks of cut brownstone. Most wear hats and vests and have mustaches. Cranes and a two-masted schooner are in the background. The buildings on the far side of the Connecticut River are part of Middletown.

A large crane for hoisting stone is situated at the edge of a quarry. An empty two-wheeled cart is at the right. Several men wearing winter clothing and holding what appear to be shovels are in the foreground. Buildings and leafless trees are in the background. Snow is on the ground.

Men wearing winter clothing stand beside two horse-drawn carts at the edge of a stone quarry. Cranes, a railroad flat car, and frame buildings are in the background. Snow is on the ground.

Several ox carts are on the bank of the Connecticut River. Men stand beside some of the carts. Large blocks of cut brownstone are in the foreground. Cranes, and the masts of sailing vessels, presumably schooners, are in the background. Snow is on the ground. Ice is on the river.

A three-masted schooner is alongside a dock piled with blocks of cut brownstone. A cart drawn by two oxen is near a crane, presumably used for loading stone. Leafless trees line the Connecticut River in the background.

Men stand at the bottom of a deep brownstone quarry. Long streams of ice are on the left wall of the quarry and in the background. Mining equipment and a freight car on tracks are at the top of the quarry.

A man stands beside a team of oxen at a landing on a river. Cranes with pulleys are on the bank nearby. Blocks of quarried brownstone are in the foreground. Leafless trees are on the far shore.