Granite Industry

Granite Industry Workers

WESTERLY GRANITE WORKERS (from the book “Built From Stone”) This list of nearly 2,600 names of men and

Occupations

Terms and Definitions Agent: a company salesman who secured orders for monuments. Salesmen for Westerly companies were located

Anatomy of a monument

Structural Parts of a Monument Base: Bottom-most piece of stone in a monument. It is set on the

Types of Westerly Granite

Blue (including blue-white and white) Description: Fine grain, grayish in color Sources: Holes # 1, 2, 3, and

Types of Monuments

BALUSTRADE – a railing with supporting balusters (short vase shaped supporting columns). (Wilcox Park, Westerly, RI) BENCH –

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