Collection:
Quarrying Collection
Date:
c.a. 1920
Description:
Picture of Alex McTrusty, Sr. running a steam engine at the McTrusty Quarry which was later run by the Wisconsin State Reformatory and became known as the State Quarry.
Notes:
Original print stored in office file.
Catalog Number:
0009.27
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Print Size:
8 x 10
Search Terms:
State Quarry
McTrusty Quarry
McTrusty Quarry
Subjects:
Quarrying
Title:
Alex McTrusty, Sr. -- McTrusty Quarry
KID TALK:
Steam engines like this were used to run the derrick and other powered equipment such as a granite cutting saw.
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Alex McTrusty -- McTrusty Quarry
Alex McTrusty -- McTrusty Quarry