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Accession Number:1999-309
Accession Date:
Condition:fair
Location:archives,photo coll.,business,box 5,folder 8
Keywords:quarry, Phenix Quarry,pulley, steam engine
Area of Origin:Probably Phenix, Mo.
Period:Ca1900
Category:Documentary Artifact
Object:Print, photographic
Maker:UK
Description/History:Black and white photograph of a stone quarry, which is possibly the Phenix Stone Quarry located at Phenix, Missouri. There is hoisting equipment being used to load the quarried stone on to a railroad flat car. There are four men working in the quarry. One man is using a lever to raise and lower the stone as it is being loaded. A horse is being used to turn a gear that winds a cable. In the background is a steam boiler. Also in the background are the remains of two wagons.
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