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Workers inside lime quarry in Lewisburg

Shot inside a lime quarry in Lewisburg, operated by the New York Lime Company. Cables  on the ground were used to pull loads of lime collected from blasted limestone. Above the quarry a cable ore gondola was used to lift the lime out of the pit. Between 1906 and 1920. Lewisburg, NY.

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