Rockport Granite Company – The Hotbed of Cape Ann Granite

By 1920 the Rockport Granite Company owned every aspect of Granite Quarrying on Cape Ann. This image, taken from the back side of the Rockport Granite Company Corporate Headquarters shows in the foreground: Granite Pier – West & East Wharf. To the left background is the Pier for the Pigeon Hill Granite Company. Out in Sandy Bay, to the right along the horizon line are a sail boat, coal tender and US Naval Destroyer.