The Hudson and Chester Granite Company, including the cutting machinery at Chester, comprises 7 derricks, 6 hoisting engines, a Blondin carrier and engine, 2 overhead cranes (capacity 4 tons), 2 air compressors (capacity 500 and 150 cubic feet of air per minute), 4 large drills, 14 air plug drills, 8 air hand tools, a surfacer, 4 vertical polishers, and a steam pump. Transportation is by the Chester and Becket Railroad, a branch of the Boston and Albany, which connects the quarry through Walker Brook hollow with the main line at Chester. The rough stone is taken to the cutting shed at Chester at the Chester Granite and Polishing Works and reshipped there. The granite comes to be known as Chester granite although the quarry is in Becket.

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