Stone-cutting tools--Rip saws; Employees; Limestone mills; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Early saws, because they were made of iron and operated without the assistance of water to help ensure durability, often deteriorated quickly. Later versions, such as the rip saw in this image included hoses to prevent the saw from overheating and...
Employees; Bull wheels; Quarries and quarrying; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Worker stands next to a "bull mast". Though it was widely utilized from its inception around 1890 until 1910, it was quickly replaced by platforms powered by electricity.
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...
Stone-cutting tools--Belt saws; Limestone mills; Employees; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
By 1973, modern belt or block saws like the one pictured here, originally designed by W. F. Myers Inc. and consisting of a belt of neoprene molded around airplane cable and fitted with highly resilient diamond teeth, had almost completely replaced...
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,...
Limestone Industry--Awards; Army-Navy production award; Employees; Bloomington Limestone Company
Listed names: Mack Harmon, Marcus Buffaloe, Roma Deckard, Billy Donald Philpott, Herschell Frye, Austin Lee Pate, Warren Grubb, Charles Simms, Curtis Deckard, Roby New, Virgil Frye, Claude Oliphant, Wesley Bruner, Curtis D. Reynolds, Charles Hupp,...
