Early Quarry Pits
![A group of workers standing on a rural landscape beside a pit in the earth](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/beachville-limestone-quarries_carrieres-calcaire/wp-content/uploads/sites/137/2021/01/BremnerDowning-Early-Quarry-Pit-East-of-Monroe-Sideroad-ca.-1900-from-1996.23.01-Sized.jpeg)
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.