From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
View at So. Brooksville Me. 4x.
"View at So. Brooksville Me. 4x." Brooksville had several quarries. This one was in South Brooksville (Buck's Harbor) on Kench Mountain, which rises above the harbor. This photo was probably taken c. 1910. Melvin D. Chatto owned South Brooksville quarries for 27 years, selling them in 1910. John T. Brady & Co. of New York City subsequently operated them. The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, produced by the U. S. Geological Survey in 1923, reported, "Granite from an opening one-half mile southeast of South Brooksville was reportedly a light grayish-buff color with conspicuous black mica and a coarse to medium texture. From another opening one-fourth mile northeast of South Brooksville was reportedly a medium-gray color with conspicuous black mica and a coarse texture." Cut stone from the quarry was loaded on vessels anchored at the base of the mountain. Granite from the quarry was used in construction of the St. Louis Bridge and Bronx Courthouse as made into paving stones for the streets of New York City. This photo shows the paving cutting building. Credit: Berwyn Peasley
