Bodwell Blue: The Story of Vinalhaven’s Granite Industry

Authors

  • Roger Grindle University of Maine Fort Kent Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

Elder Littlefield Blue, Moses Webster, Joseph R. Bodwell, 1871, Granite Cutters Union, Fifteen Per Cent Contracts

Abstract

This article is a transcription of a talk given at the Annual Meeting of the Maine Historical Society in 1976. It provides a history of the granite industry in Vinalhaven and gives a useful insight into the importance of the industry to Maine’s economy in the 19th century.

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Published

1976-10-01

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (1976): Maine History Journal

Section

Articles