Fashioning blocks of Lockport Dolomite

item
Title
Fashioning blocks of Lockport Dolomite
Description
LCN 10109954 ; Our Romantic Niagara
en-CA Used in the book Our Romantic Niagara by Albert H. Tiplin ; Quarrymen pound steel wedges (called "pegs" or "feathers") into huge blocks of Lockport Dolomite rock in order to reduce them to a more workable size ;
Identifier
http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=91101
Creator
Tiplin, Albert H.
Medium
Photograph
Extent
8 1/2" x 6 1/2" B&W photograph
Provenance
Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation
Date
1938
Is Part Of
Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection
locator
11768
Rights Holder
©Niagara Falls Public Library
Rights
Niagara Falls (Ontario) Public Library - A.H. Tiplin
Subject
Quarries
number
D11768
Format
Photograph
Date Created
2003-06-19
Date Modified
2005-01-20
Item sets
Historical Images Item Set
Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection
Media
Fashioning blocks of Lockport Dolomite