Waynesburg Album, Photo 03 - Stone quarry on Duvall's Hill

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Waynesburg Album, Photo 03 - Stone quarry on Duvall's Hill

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.844

Description

Dated 1901. Stone quarry on Duvall's Hill across Ten Mile Creek from the Waynesburg & Washington railroad depot. The stone was conveyed across the creek on a large steel wire to this stone crusher located at the foot of Morris Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Source for caption detail: G. Wayne Smith, History of Greene County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania: Cornerstone Genealogical Society, 1996), 1: 397-400. Original, candid.

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1901

Lexicon

Search Terms

Horses, Occupations--Road workers, Waynesburg & Washington Railroad, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--Morris Street

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GCHS-AN031-0001-0003

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Waynesburg Album - George David Jenkins Series - Greene County Historical Society Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2014

Notes

This photograph is included in an early-1900s album once owned by George David Jenkins [1868-1936]. Jenkins was elected Waynesburg Borough Engineer in 1900 and oversaw the installation of sewer systems and the brick-paving of roads in town. Jenkins' album follows the progress of the projects, providing an incredible pictorial account of the modernization. The album also includes candids of the Jenkins' family, as well as their friends. On 16 March 1912, Jenkins married Irene Ray [1882-1965], daughter of Hon. Joseph Warren Ray and Henrietta Iams. Archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project, 2014. SOURCE CITATION: Waynesburg Album, Photo 03 - Stone quarry on Duvall's Hill across Ten Mile Creek from the Waynesburg & Washington railroad depot, the stone was conveyed across the creek on a large steel wire to this stone crusher located at the foot of Morris Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania; dated 1901; item no. GCHS-AN031-0001-0003, George David Jenkins Series, Greene County Historical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).