Granite Collection (page 7)

Cobbled Street
A granite cobbled street. Date: 1950s

Dodman Point Cross
Dodman Point, the highest granite cross in Cornwall, England, erected to honour the men of Cornwall who are spreading the (Christian) Gospel worldwide. Date: 1930s

Dartmoor Standing Stone
A granite Standing Stone and ancient stone row, near Nattor, on Dartmoor, Devon, England, one of many similar stones situated on all parts of the moor. Date: BC

Whitchurch down Cross
The huge granite cross, standing over 7 feet high, on Whitchurch Down, Dartmoor, near Tavistock, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Road Surfaces
The use of asphalt, concrete and granite sets on a section of the Chitterne to Codford road, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1930s

Brookes Ltd. of Halifax - Road building Materials
Stall for the European granite of Brookes Ltd. of Halifax at the 3rd International Road Congress Exhibition, London - June 1913

Romania - Turcoaia Granite Quarry
Granite Quarry at Turcoaia - a commune in Tulcea County, Romania. Date: circa 1910s

Quarrying Machinery
Steam derrick for raising stone from deep quarries Mount Sorrel granite Company, Leicestershire

Marconi plaque, Bass Point, Cornwall
A plaque to Guglielmo Marconi, set in a granite wall near some buildings on the sea shore at Bass Point, Cornwall. It marks the location of Marconis telegraph station during the pioneering days of

A View up the Great Beardmore Glacier
A view on the Great Beardmore Glacier up which Captain Scott ascended to the plateau during December 1911 on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole

Granite quarry, Aswan, Egypt
Granite quarry, Aswan, unfinished obelisk, 41.75 m = 137 ft, 1152 tons, cracked. If it had remained whole, it would have been the largest obelisk ever raised. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Aswan - Egypt. Elephantine Island
Elephantine Island is the largest of the Aswan area islands, and is one of the most ancient sites in Egypt, with artifacts dating to predynastic periods

The Stone-Cutting Establishment at Oreston, with part of the
Engraving of the Prince of Wales visiting the Oreston granite quarry, viewing part of the masonry for the new Eddystone Lighthouse, August 1879

The great gallery, tombs discovered in Sakkara
Tombs discovered in Sakkara, 1853 - the great gallery. Candles were used to light the chambers to enable viewing of the interior

The Skerryvore Lighthouse, off Argyllshire, 1844
Engraving of the Skerryvore lighthouse, 1844. Built between 1836 and 1843, with 6000 tons of granite, the lighthouse entered service on 1st February 1844

The Roman Rocks Lighthouse, Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope
Engraving of the Roman Rocks lighthouse at Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope, March 1869. This iron lighthouse was built in 1860, but showed signs of structural failure shortly thereafter

Guard against Sideslip
Guard against sideslip. When on wet polished asphalt, granite sets or tramlines, leave sufficient room to meet an emergency

Nile Dam Construction
NILE DAM Stone porters transporting a granite lintel weighing three tons to be used in the construction of the Nile dam

Landseer Lion
One of the four bronze lions, on granite plinths, sculpted by Sir Edwin Landseer, and cast by Marocchetti. They were unveiled in 1868. St-Martin- in-the-Fields church is behind

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