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Trapping and commercial fishing by european settlers.
Stonington maine s deer isle granite museum features a unique working model of the granite quarry on nearby crotch island as it was operated in the early 1900s.
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Watch the boats steam across the deer isle thorofare listen to the seagulls and to the steam powered trains chugging through the quarry hold your breath while the derricks load swinging slabs of granite onto the ships.
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The exhibits will carry the visitor from the very first industries of maine to those of the present in chronological order of appearance beginning with trading and manufactures of native american peoples.
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Those attending a july 16 2014 talk at the wilson museum on the history of the maine granite industry had the chance to try cutting a granite block using hand tools quarrymen used in the 1800s.
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Our vision for the museum is to make that history come alive for school children and the general public.
The society s mission is to collect and preserve the history of the quarrying industry in maine and new england.
The museum is located in castine maine.