From collection Jake Gillison Collection
LB2016.15.928
Three men posing with Rockport Railroad’s steam locomotive “Joe Shepherd” A narrow-gauge railroad ran between the quarry and the kiln for transporting limerock to the waterfront where it was heated over a wood fire to create the lime used to make plaster and mortar. Rockport Railroad’s steam locomotive “Joe Shepherd” is seen here with one car, its engineer and two quarry workers at the West Rockport limerock quarry. "252"
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LB2016.15.928
1902
