Cape Ann Granite Company

Initially the new company took its products by cart down to lanes cove for shipment.

Cape ann granite company.

The legacy of the barre stone sculptors and their stone. Custom splitting of our cape ann granite block material blocks up to a maximum size of 5 l x 26 h. With the civil war drawing to an end. When the cape ann granite company went into receivership col.

By the 1850s the stone business was firmly established and cape ann granite was known throughout the region. Construction of a fort at castle island in boston harbor in 1798 followed by a jail in nearby salem in 1813 jump started the granite business here on cape ann. Give me your hands. By the mid 1800s cape ann was known for its specialization in granite production specifically in creating paving blocks for roads and streets and were used across the united states from new york to san francisco.

The assets of the cape ann granite company were purchased by the rockport granite company in a consolidation that created the undisputed leviathan of the local stone industry. Mixed colors grey green rose and tan brown. Purchase price of 90 000. The rgc is poised to deliver millions of paving stones up and down the eastern seaboard playing a vital role in the reconstruction era.

During the 1830s and 1840s the trade grew steadily. The bartlett erkkila timeline of cape ann granite. The rockport granite company purchased in 1893 the property of the cape ann granite company located in bayview gloucester mass comprising land tenements tools and vessel property. History of cape ann map drawn by samuel de champlain ca.

In rockport on cape ann massachusetts the rockport granite company of massachusetts readies to incorporate. Gift of tamara greeman 2011 2011 34. Click here for super hi resolution photo of blood ledge quarry chapters on a quarry wall the quarry photography of leslie d. Map originally printed in paris 1613.