Download or read book Cape Ann Granite written by Paul St. Germain and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history of the granite industry on Cape Ann in Massachusetts.
Download or read book Hammers on Stone written by Barbara Howell Erkkila and published by Peter Smith Publisher. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hammers on Stone written by Barbara H. Erkkila and published by . This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cape Ann Granite written by Paul St. Germain and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The granite industry began on Cape Ann with the first sale of a piece of Rockport granite, for use as a millstone, to a farmer in Newburyport in 1800. The industry would grow to include more than 60 quarries and operations around the cape, becoming the second-largest economic force in the area behind fishing. Hundreds were employed as quarrymen, stonecutters, paving cutters, and finishers. Cape Ann was particularly well fitted for the pursuit of granite as its rocky hills and shores afforded a comparatively inexhaustible source of supply, and its splendid shipping facilities gave the advantage of quick and economical transportation to market by sea and land. The industry eventually declined, and by 1930, most quarries had gone out of business because of labor strikes and low demand. Today, most of these quarries are filled with rainwater and springwater, and many are used as reservoirs for the surrounding communities.
Download or read book The Geology of Cape Ann Massachusetts written by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Island Woods written by Mark Carlotto and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people naturally associate Cape Ann - the other cape along the Massachusetts coast - with the sea - with seafood restaurants, scenic vistas, sailing, scuba diving, and surfing. Few are aware of the mysteries that lie hidden in the middle of the Cape. Hiking through the woods one encounters all kinds of interesting things: gigantic boulders, rock walls, stone foundations, collapsed wells, abandoned quarries, old roads and more. Covered by bittersweet and cat briar, much of the interior has been undisturbed for hundreds of years. It is not the coastline of Cape Ann with its quaint shops, sandy beaches, and ocean vistas, but the inland woods - the vast unsettled area stretching from Lanesville south to Blackburn Circle, from Riverdale east to Rockport - that is the subject of this book. For here are the remains of a colonial settlement that became known as Dogtown in its latter days, old quarries now popular (but private) swimming holes, and "word rocks" scattered about the rocky terrain telling us how to live our lives. All of this connected by a maze of old roads and trails whose origins can be traced to colonial times but still confuse and confound even the most experienced hiker. This book complements the many books both historical and fictional that have been written about Dogtown and Cape Ann. The narrative and photographs are wrapped around a new map that serves as a "time machine" for exploring the inland woods. This new map combines information from historical maps with highly accurate GPS measurements presented in the form of an "image-map" that is displayed over high-resolution aerial photography. We follow old roads the early settlers used to travel point-to-point from one hamlet along the coast to another, not all the way around along Route 127 as we do today. These roads take us to the Commons Settlement - one of the first settlements on Cape Ann, where we try to imagine what it was like to live here without running water and other modern conveniences. We can find the homes of Peter Lurvey, Judy Rhines, Liz Tucker, Easter Carter, Granny Day, and other characters from the stories of Charles E. Mann and Anita Diamant, or go to where James Merry, the tragic figure of Charles Olson's poem, "Maximus of Dogtown" died. We might even discover the places where Marsden Hartley painted his rocky landscapes. From Dogtown we can head north to visit the quarries and compare what we see today with the stark landscapes of past centuries when quarries and quarry railroads dominated the northern hills of the Cape. Or we can fast forward to the 1930s and follow trails south to the Babson Boulders - Roger Babson's beliefs and philosophy etched in stone - and beyond to the Babson Reservoir - the Babson family's enduring legacy to the people of Gloucester. We leave the reader with descriptions of cellar holes, stone foundations, and other unidentified structures to consider and perhaps investigate on foot, and a mysterious map of Dogtown drawn in the early 1900s by a Methodist minister that shows features that no one has yet been able to identify.
Download or read book Cape Ann in Stereo Views written by Carolyn Thompson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The years that followed the bloody Great War, which divided the nation, up through the start of the twentieth century were a remarkable era of growth and prosperity for the towns and villages of Cape Ann. Swift-sailing schooners manned by hardy and able seamen from the fisheries of Gloucester ranged far out into the Atlantic. Millions of tons of granite laboriously cut from the bountiful quarries of Rockport were shipped to ports near and far. Essex shipyards, fueled by the demands of the Gloucester fisheries and the Rockport granite industries, turned out new and larger ships in even greater numbers. Tourism became a major industry, as dozens of the famous and grand North shore hotels were erected along the shores of Gloucester, Rockport, Magnolia, and Manchester-by-the-Sea. Coincidentally, the years from 1865 to the early twentieth century were a time when stereo photography and stereoscopic images, especially stereoview cards, enjoyed immense popularity. Cape Ann was fortunate to have several outstanding stereo photographers and publishers during this grand era, and they produced many excellent views of the Cape's natural wonders, its commercial activities, and the life and times of its industrious townspeople.
Download or read book Lighthouses and Lifesaving Stations on Cape Ann written by Paul St. Germain and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The maritime history of Cape Ann, on the northern coast of Massachusetts, is filled with stories of heroism, adventure, and human endeavor. The lighthouses and lifesaving stations surrounding Cape Ann since the late 18th century have served to protect and safeguard the area's mariners and major industries. Fishing, shipbuilding, and granite quarrying businesses all flourished under their watchful eyes. They provided artists with spectacular subject matter and attracted tourists from around the world to visit them. This book highlights the heroism and dedication of the lighthouse keepers and lifesaving surfmen who served. Cape Ann is famous for being the home of America's oldest seaport in Gloucester and America's most painted building, Motif No. 1, in Rockport.
Download or read book Twin Lights Tonic written by Paul St Germain and published by History Press. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1907, one Rockport family have continued to make their timeless soda pop the old-fashioned way. Twin Lights Soda--or tonic, as it's still known locally--was started by second-generation Portuguese immigrants in the back of a small-town family grocer and named after the iconic pair of lighthouses just off the coast of Cape Ann. The bottling industry was one of America's great entrepreneurial endeavors, and at its peak, Twin Lights outsold even the two largest national cola brands in the region. But today, while soft drinks are a $45 billion industry, few independents remain. Authors Paul St. Germain and Dev Sherlock trace the fascinating story of one of the last family bottlers still in operation.
Download or read book Twin Lights Tonic Cape Ann s Timeless Soda Pop written by Paul St. Germain with Devlin Sherlock and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1907, one Rockport family have continued to make their timeless soda pop the old-fashioned way. Twin Lights Soda--or tonic, as it's still known locally--was started by second-generation Portuguese immigrants in the back of a small-town family grocer and named after the iconic pair of lighthouses just off the coast of Cape Ann. The bottling industry was one of America's great entrepreneurial endeavors, and at its peak, Twin Lights outsold even the two largest national cola brands in the region. But today, while soft drinks are a $45 billion industry, few independents remain. Authors Paul St. Germain and Dev Sherlock trace the fascinating story of one of the last family bottlers still in operation.
Download or read book Cape Ann written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four gorgeous New England towns make up Cape Ann-Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, and Manchester-by-the-Sea-and each has a salty character of its own. The talented Borsari gives us schooners (Gloucester), granite quarries (Rockport), clam flats and marshes (Essex), and one of the prettiest little communities in New England (Manchester-by-the-Sea).
Download or read book History of the Granite Industry of New England written by Arthur Wellington Brayley and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Treasurer of the New York Brooklyn Bridge written by New York and Brooklyn Bridge. Treasurer and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Town of Gloucester Cape Ann written by John James Babson and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Granite Industry of New England written by Arthur Wellington Brayley and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Granite Industry of New England written by Arthur Wellington Brayley and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cape Ann Massachusetts written by Martin E. Ross and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is divided into two parts: Part I consists of 6 chapters dealing with physical geology using Cape Ann as the example. Part II consists of 10 chapters describing the geology at 10 localities on Cape Ann. The intended audience includes the lay person, geology students, and professional geologists.
