East Longmeadow Collection

Seventeen men sit on excavated block of brownstone in the Billings' Quarry on South Main Street (now Somers Road).

Six men at East Longmeadow brownstone





quarry. A wooden engine house in the background





provided steam for the derrick and rock drill.

Norcross Bros. Stoneyard in East Longmeadow, behind the Community Feed Store. Eleven











men in stone yard and one man standing next to the











aerial crane used to move the largest blocks of stone.

Oxen cart near the ox barns of the Taylor Quarry Yard, circa 1900-1920. George Patrick is standing in the cart. Two men stand in the background.

Pit operated by the Norcross Bros,





part of the Worcester Quarry in East Longmeadow. House in background was occupied by Henry Goodrich





and family. The large barns stabled draft horses





that transported large blocks from quarries to…