Employees; Derricks; Quarries and quarrying; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
The derrick, a couple examples of which can be seen here, was among the most important technologies to emerge in the stone industry. Previously, cut stone required considerable numbers of men and animals to maneuver; with the advent of the derrick,...
Steam power plants; Quarries and quarrying; Limestone mills; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
The advent of steam registered an enormous impact on the stone industry as steam power was harnessed to existing technologies ranging from the derrick to the saw. By the time this image was taken (ca. 1880), steam had already made deep inroads into...
Limestone Industry--Awards; Army-Navy production award; Employees; Bloomington Limestone Company
T.J. French, Fred Hupp, Emmitt Taylor, Sylvan Pritchett, Corliss Christie, Elza Pruitt, Cora Bezzy, Charles Swango, Claude Johnson, E.F. Constable, Glenn Ball, Avy Cecil Sherlock, Orville Shields, Leonard Waldon, Charles Robertson, Russell Harris,...
Railroads; Switching locomotives; Quarries and quarrying; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Switch engines like the one pictured were widely employed in the stone industry and instrumental in transporting the material over great distances both within and outside of Indiana. While stone mills would make use of the existing rail...
Stone carving; Employees--Stone carvers; Limestone mills; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Stone carvers work on the floor of the interior of the factory, adding painstaking detail to these ornately carved basins. This is a fine chisel dowel hole for the iron dowel to lift the stone. Notice the hay in that is ready to pack the stone in...
National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.); Limestone Industry--Printed ephemera; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Program page from the ceremony celebrating the opening of the Washington National Cathedral (The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul). "Praise him and magnify him forever."
Bull wheels; Employees; Quarries and quarrying; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Prior to steam, most quarries relied on manually powered devices, similar to the one pictured here. When attached to derricks, these wheels, commonly referred to as "bull masts," rotate 360 degrees, thus allowing workers to raise stone slabs from...
Limestone Industry--Awards; Army-Navy production award; Bloomington Limestone Company
Presented to the Bloomington Limestone Corporation for its production efforts during World War II; from the Production Award Ceremony, held January 9, 1945 at the Bloomington High School Gymnasium
Limestone Industry--Awards; Army-Navy production award; Bloomington Limestone Company
Presented to the Bloomington Limestone Corporation for its production efforts during World War II; from the Production Award Ceremony, held January 9, 1945 at the Bloomington High School Gymnasium
Limestone Industry--Awards; Army-Navy production award; Bloomington Limestone Company
Presented to the Bloomington Limestone Corporation for its production efforts during World War II; from the Production Award Ceremony, held January 9, 1945 at the Bloomington High School Gymnasium
Limestone Industry--Awards; Army-Navy production award; Bloomington Limestone Company
Presented to the Bloomington Limestone Corporation for its production efforts during World War II; from the Production Award Ceremony, held January 9, 1945 at the Bloomington High School Gymnasium
Limestone Industry--Awards; Army-Navy production award; Bloomington Limestone Company
Presented to the Bloomington Limestone Corporation for its production efforts during World War II; from the Production Award Ceremony, held January 9, 1945 at the Bloomington High School Gymnasium
Limestone Industry--Awards; Army-Navy production award; Bloomington Limestone Company
Presented to the Bloomington Limestone Corporation for its production efforts during World War II; from the Production Award Ceremony, held January 9, 1945 at the Bloomington High School Gymnasium
