Archive Record

Metadata

Object Name

Tape, Video

Catalog Number

2002.020.0001A

Title

Smithsonian Video History Program: Vermont Slate

Scope & Content

1 of 3 tapes documenting the use of the quarry stick and carriage method of slate quarrying. Tape 1 filmed at Eureka Quarry of Vermont Structural Slate Company, documented quarrying operations and equipment, with an emphasis on the older cableway transportation system, c 1859-1989.

Search Terms

quarry stick
carriage

Subjects