Crotch Island

Date1989

Can DescriptionsOn-site examination of granite quarrying industry including interviews with workers, and scenes of heavy equipment at work. NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/7/95: Opens with panoramic views, no sound. Concerns history of Crotch Island quarry: Quarry first known as Deer Isle Granite up to 1964, then 15-year hiatus when quarry was not worked. Bought in 1979 by New England Granite Works, shows present-day workmen quarrying, with interviews. Second part of this tape, an interview with retired quarryman Dewie Davis, is described at cat.no.5308-02-CRCH-89.