1891 Print Wire-Cable Hoisting Apparatus Quarry Brandywine Granite MAB1 PNR2 This ad features an illustration

This ad features an illustration of the Ward LaFrance Truck by the artist Karpie

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1891 Print Wire-Cable Hoisting Apparatus Quarry Brandywine Granite MAB1 PNR2 This ad features an illustrationThis is an original 1891 halftone print of the Wire cable hoisting and conveying apparatus at the quarries of the Brandywine Granite Company in Wilmington, Delaware. The most interesting feature of the Wilmington quarries is the wire cable hoisting and conveying apparatus. There are three of these conveyers reaching from one side of the river to the other, a distance of about 1,200 feet. The stone is quarried from both sides of the river. Blocks of