Gallery

  • Cornerstone for Southwest Tower with Philippe Petit and clergy
  • Philippe Petit walking across Amsterdam Ave for Cornerstone Ceremony
    New York Times Photo – F. R. Conrad
  • Southwest Tower Cornerstone
    Cornerstone with Poni, Jose, Bambridge, Jamerson, Jeep, Steve, Tim. Photo Courtesy of Joseph Kincannon
  • Lathe Headstock for turning granite by the sea
    Lathe Headstock
  • Granite by the sea and the lathe at builders shop
    Lathe Erected in the Builders Shop
  • lathe with granite column
    Lathe in operation at Vinalhaven quarry. Merrithew Glass Collection, Vinalhaven Historical Society
  • granite stone blanks, Wharff Quarry, Vinalhaven, Maine
    Granite stone blanks, Wharff Quarry, 1901. Merrithew Glass Plate Collection, Vinalhaven Historical Society.
  • Wharff Quarry, Blocks for Cathedral St. John the Divine
    Wharff Quarry, Vinalhaven. Merrithew Glass Plate Collection, Vinalhaven Historical Society.
  • Quarry face and lathe
    Lathe in operation, partially rounded block and quarry face in background. Merrithew Glass Plate Collection, Vinalhaven Historical Society
  • Block of Granite from Wharff Quarry, Vinalhaven,ME
    Block of Granite quarried for the Cathedral St. John the Divine column. Merrithew Glass Plate Collection, Vinalhaven Historical Society
  • Apprentices gather around milestone 1000th stone
    Manny Alvarado, Jose Tapia, Bishop Paul Moore, Jr. Nelson Otero. Cynie Linton, Pony Baptiste, Dean Morton – May 1981
  • Timothy Smith, Phillipe Petit, Dean Morton look over 1000th stone
    Photo – Timothy Smith
  • Celebration for 1,000th stone
  • Apprentice1980
  • StoneSawingmachine
  • Chris Hannaway and Apprentices
    Chris Hannaway with Jose Tapia, Manny Alvarado, Linda Peer, James Jamerson, Pony Baptiste, Timothy Smith, D’Ellis Kincannon. May 1980
  • Bambridge and Bird
  • The Starting Five
  • Cutting shed starting five
    Early days in the cutting shed – First Five Apprentices, Chris Hannaway watching
  • Buttress
    Buttress July 24, 1900
  • Massive Flying Buttress to crossing dome
    August 23, 1900
  • Cathedral June 26, 1908
    Buttress – June 26, 1908
  • Letter Cutters working on The Poets Corner
    Poets Corner
  • Tea Break
  • Dean Morton
    Dean Morton
  • Sky Hook
  • Mallets