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Dutchess Quarry Cave Site, Goshen, NY, NRHP-listed, "in the Town of Goshen in Orange County, New York. It is midway between the village of Goshen and Florida, at the junction of NY 17A and Quarry Road (Orange County Route 68), built into the side of a 580-foot (177 m) hill known as Mount Lookout. In the 1960s, archaeologists digging at the site ...
Granite (1985); New Hampshire's nickname is the Granite State: Smoky quartz (1985) New Jersey [49] Franklinite [50] New Mexico ... and State Building and Monument ...
Pages in category "Granite sculptures in New Jersey" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... High Point Monument This page was last ...
The Tri-States Monument (also known as Tri-State Rock) is a granite monument that marks the tripoint of the state boundaries of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.It is at the northwestern end of the boundary between New Jersey and New York, the northern end of the boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and the eastern end of the boundary between New York and Pennsylvania.
Granite quarrying became a larger business in the 19th century, and was the town's largest non-agricultural industry. The Graniteville community arose in the 1840s and 1850s as a cluster of housing for quarry workers along Rope Ferry Road, which was then the major east-west road between New London and Lyme .
James Goodwin Batterson (February 23, 1823 – September 18, 1901) was an American designer and builder, the owner of New England Granite Works from 1845 [1] and a founder in 1863 of Travelers Insurance Company, both in Hartford, Connecticut.
Ellis Island (part of Statue of Liberty National Monument) [8] May 11, 1965: Jersey City: Hudson: Immigration processing depot from 1892 to 1954. A portion of Ellis Island is in New York. 3: Thomas Edison National Historical Park: September 5, 1962: West Orange: Essex: Inventor Thomas Alva Edison's laboratory and residence, Glenmont 4 ...
The New England Granite Works was a firm incorporated in Hartford, Connecticut on June 16, 1871 by James G. Batterson. It was notable for creating a large number of works in the New England area until it was dissolved on June 26, 1926.