Carved From Stone Legacy Of A Granite Town

Carved from stone legacy of a granite town showcases the people processed and products of the westerly granite industry.

Carved from stone legacy of a granite town.

More than 70 monuments in gettysburg were built of westerly granite. The legacy of these quarrymen stonecutters and related workers and artists survives in the landscape in family stories and ephemera passed down through generations and in books and exhibitions by scholars and local historians who share a personal interest in chronicling the golden age of granite in westerly. Illustrating the work of carvers and the history of the industry from westerly to the battlefield of gettysburg pennsylvania and new york s woodlawn s legacy the documentary shows granite s enduring reach. Watch carved from stone.

Beginning in the mid 19th century they came from ireland scotland italy finland and other european countries to carve a living out of westerly granite. On wednesday december 3. The film chronicles the processes products people and legacy of the granite industry in westerly rhode island. Legacy of a granite town.

On directv the granite industry thrives in westerly r i from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. From the granite quarries of westerly rhode. Legacy of a granite town is based on the book built from stone. Carved from stone which was written and produced by betty jo cugini is airing wednesday december 3 at 9 p m.

On rhode island pbs. The westerly granite story. Legacy of a granite town at 9 p m. Written and produced by westerly resident betty jo cugini with director of photography and editor jim karpeichik carved from stone.

Rhode island pbs proudly premieres carved from stone. Westerly the new documentary carved from stone.