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