Granite Men

The great granite quarries of the North East are silent now, as are virtually all of the 100 granite yards that existed in Aberdeen around the year 1900. Granite is the most unyielding of building materials but from the mid-18th century the granite men of the North East hewed this material from the bowels of the earth and used it to fashion buildings; paved the streets and embankments of London with it; built bridges over the Thames with it, created monuments for kings and commoners not only in Britain but all over the world. This is the story of those granite men and their industry.

Marile cariere de granit din Nord-Est sunt tacute acum, la fel ca practic toate cele 100 de curti de granit care existau in Aberdeen in jurul anului 1900. Granitul este cel mai neclintit material de constructie, dar de la mijlocul secolului al XVIII-lea, oamenii de granit din Nord-Estul a taiat acest material din maruntaiele pamantului si l-a folosit pentru a construi cladiri; a pavat strazile si terasamentele Londrei cu ea; a construit cu ea poduri peste Tamisa, a creat monumente pentru regi si oameni de rand nu numai in Marea Britanie, ci si in intreaga lume.