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Drilling Rig at Beachville White Lime

Black and white photograph of a man standing in a pit in the earth beside a towering drilling device

1928

Source: Collection du Beachville District Museum – 1996.23.01

This image shows a cable forage rig at the Beachville White Lime Quarry in 1928. The hauler holds the end of the forage rod as it rises to the fixed pulleys (blocks) at the top of the mast.