One of three inclines that once operated in Vastine Hollow, bringing quarried stone down from the ridge-side benches to the tram road, upon which the stone was then transported to Buena Vista and the Ohio River.
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Image courtesy of the Scioto Historical Collection, Digital History Lab, Clark Memorial Library, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Vastine Hollow Freestone Quarries
During the second-half of the nineteenth century, Vastine and other hollows of Lower Twin Creek were the center of a major stone quarry industry. Here workers for various firms, including John…