This book covers a history of the limestone industry along with a detailed account the equipment used to extract, cut and move the stone including: cranes, planers, milling machines, diamond saws, gang saws, pumps, derricks, hoists, and lathes. The book is filled with both black and white and color photographs and diagrams of equipment.
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Limestone Stories
The Bedford Foundry and Machine Company: A Brief History
Indiana Room - IND R 977.2 IND L47 History Stu
Bloomington's Beauty—Indiana Limestone: A Factual and Pictorial Tour of Bloomington, Indiana's Limestone Architecture
Adult Nonfiction – 977.2255 Bau
Beautiful photographs of limestone buildings in Bloomington.
Cutters of Stone
Adult Audiovisual - 622.351 Cut
Documents five generations of Indiana stone cutters and carvers who have helped create some of the most beautiful buildings in United States architectural history. - Publisher
Early History of Indiana Limestone
Adult Nonfiction - 338.2751 Bel
Explores the early history of the limestone industry focusing specifically on Lawrence County.
History of the Hoadley Family and Hoadley Limestone Company
Indiana Room - IND GR 929.2 Hoadley Hoa
History of the Hoadley family and the Hoadley Limestone Company.
In Limestone Country
Adult Nonfiction - 622.351 San
Series: Concord Library
The story of the stone, from its geologic origins through its mining history to the present. Sanders records the folklore, the craft, the distinct culture that has grown up around Indiana limestone. - Random House
John Matthews and Sons: Pioneer Stonemen
Indiana Room - IND GR 929.2 Matthews Stu
The story of the Matthews family, early limestone industrialists.
Our Town. Bedford
Adult Audiovisual - 977.226 Our
WTIU interviews the people of Bedford, Indiana, who tell what is special about their town. They discuss the social life, the sense of community, the history, the limestone industry and more. - Publisher
Quarry Quest: A Field Trip Guide to the Indiana Limestone District, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana
Indiana Room - 622.351 Sh
A guide for exploring limestone quarries in Monroe and Lawrence counties.
A Short History of Indiana Limestone
Adult Nonfiction - 338.2751 Mcd
A brief history of limestone in Indiana.
Stone Country: Then and Now
Adult Nonfiction - 338.2751 San
In this new edition of Stone Country, Scott Russell Sanders and Jeffrey A. Wolin talk with the stone workers, explore the quarries and mills, and trample along creeks and railroad spurs uncovering the history of the industry and the people who built it. These new stories and photographs are a biography, not of a person—although it is filled with many portraits of individuals—but of a place. - Ingram Publishing Services
Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology
Adult Nonfiction - 553.5 Wil
Indiana limestone is included in this book of stories about stone building materials. Williams shows us why a white, fossil-rich limestone from Indiana became the only building stone to be used in all fifty states; how the construction of the granite Bunker Hill Monument in 1825 led to America’s first commercial railroad; and why Carrara marble—the favorite sculpting material of Michelangelo—warped so much after only nineteen years on a Chicago skyscraper that all forty-four thousand panels of the stone had to be replaced. - McMillan Palgrave