Friday, October 13, 2023

Saw!


The old granite saw

No - not another sequel in the horror movie series, a large saw exists in Chester that was the center of a stone cutting and finishing operations. The property is now in the hands of the Western Mass Hilltown Hikers. We are working on a cleanup and making it accessible in the future to the public. Besides the saw are old foundations and equipment. Not surprisingly, many old pieces of granite lay about.

Foundations and other equipment

This was where stone from the Becket quarry went to. Some got finished, others went directly to remote locations.