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Early Quarry Pits

A group of workers standing on a rural landscape beside a pit in the earth

circa 1900

Source: Majorie Cropp, Salute to Oxford, page 55, Beachville District Museum collection – 1996.23.01

This image shows a team quarrying on land owned by John Downing. This land was east of the main road, known then as “Monroe Sideroad” and now County Road 6 (Folden’s Line). The shallow pit is surrounded by trees and grasses, indicating that extraction started not long before this image was taken.