Legacy of a granite town is based on the book built from stone.
Carved from stone legacy of a granite town.
On wednesday december 3.
Rhode island pbs proudly premieres carved from stone.
Legacy of a granite town at 9 p m.
Westerly the new documentary carved from stone.
More than 70 monuments in gettysburg were built of westerly granite.
The film chronicles the processes products people and legacy of the granite industry in westerly rhode island.
Written and produced by westerly resident betty jo cugini with director of photography and editor jim karpeichik carved from stone.
Legacy of a granite town.
From the granite quarries of westerly rhode.
The westerly granite story.
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.
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.
Watch carved from stone.
On directv the granite industry thrives in westerly r i from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
Legacy of a granite town will be screened at westerly library on tuesday january 13th at 6 p m.
It is written and produced by betty jo cugini greene of weathervane communications with videographer editor jim karpeichik of ocean state video.
Carved from stone legacy of a granite town showcases the people processed and products of the westerly granite industry.
Woodlawn cemetery in new york boasts more than 30 pieces made of westerly granite.