There were two granite mills in Chester Factory Village, here is the upper granite finishing works rarely seen.
“It was on Henry Knox’s farm that was across the tracks from the B.& A. Railroad Round House in Chester that in the 1920’s the Finns built a large stone shed. The stone was granite and was hauled by truck from Becket, somewhere near the Chester Granite Companies Quarry. The Finns stone shed later on caught fire and burned down. This was quite a loss to them.” Norvel Parker
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