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stuartarthurwrites.bsky.social
‪Falls Bridge, excavation of west abutment, 1894. Steam shovels and dynamite time! And, a nice glimpse of the Schuylkill at the upper left. Much more here: phillyhistory.org

#Philadelphia #history #photography #bridges
The 556-foot-long (169 m) bridge, with stonemasonry abutments and two stonemasonry piers, with three Pratt-type pin-connected trusses, was built in 1894–1895 at a cost of $262,000 by Filbert Porter & Co. under the direction of Chief Engineer George Smedley Webster (1855–1931) of the Philadelphia Department of Public Works and James H. Windrim, director of the Department of Public Works. The bridge was designed as a double-decker bridge, but the upper deck was never built for lack of funds. The bridge carries two lanes of vehicular traffic on a 26-foot-wide (7.9 m) roadway, with 7-foot (2.1 m) sidewalks on either side, for a total width of 40 feet (12 m). (Wikipedia)
January 30, 2026 at 12:31 PM
rmbconservation.bsky.social
A little bit about our Stonemasonry Service: 📽️
January 30, 2026 at 8:39 AM
opwireland.bsky.social
Join the OPW National Monuments Service as an apprentice Stonecutter/Stonemason! Learn traditional skills while conserving heritage. Apply now: gov.ie/opw

#Stonecutting #Stonemasonry #HeritageConservation #TraditionalSkills #Craftsmanship #NationalMonuments #Apprenticeship #CulturalHeritage
January 26, 2026 at 5:01 PM
jennbarrigar.bsky.social
The cathedral located in Freiburg is home to one of Germany’s stonemasonry workshops, a Münsterbauhütte. Established at the start of the Freiburg Minster’s construction, this workshop oversaw the cathedral’s building process until its completion in 1536. theurbanactivist.com/culture/the-...
The True Custodians of the Cathedrals | The Urban Activist
Inside the ancient stonemason workshop of Freiburg Cathedral, Germany, founded in the Middle Ages and still sustained by its citizens
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January 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
imx1.bsky.social
Here's one of my favorites from Wisconsin.
A weathered grey door, broken and beaten, but still valiantly doing it's job for an old stonemasonry barn, it's faded red brother doing slightly better at the corner. Franklin, Wisconsin, USA
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
snarkysillysad.bsky.social
Charlie Gee stonemasonry: #AGoodPlace

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January 14, 2026 at 11:40 AM
loather.bsky.social
the input has changed but the human longing for something to do remains. In the 1500s they put their teens to work on elaborate stonemasonry.
January 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
somersetuk.bsky.social
Woman says King stonemasonry role is an 'honour'

#Somerset #BBCNews

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Somerset woman says King stonemasonry role is an 'honour'
Jennie Regan said she was inspired by seeing her brick-layer grandfather's work as a child.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:23 AM
flickums.bsky.social
The problem I have is that I use autoplay and YouTube picks the most random shit.

Videos I have woken up to:

A 3 hour lecture on medieval stonemasonry.
A 2 hour documentary exploring why serial killers keep killing.
A 3 hour review of Dial of Destiny.
The first episode of the Ateez dating show 🤣
January 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
somersetuk.bsky.social
Woman says King stonemasonry role is an 'honour'

#Somerset #BBCNews

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Somerset woman says King stonemasonry role is an 'honour'
Jennie Regan said she was inspired by seeing her brick-layer grandfather's work as a child.
www.bbc.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
newsbeep.bsky.social
Somerset woman says King stonemasonry role is an ‘honour’

https://www.newsbeep.com/344783/

Ms Regan said it was a chance post on social media that led her to quit her admin…
Somerset woman says King stonemasonry role is an 'honour' - News Beep
Ms Regan said it was a chance post on social media that led her to quit her admin job and start a stonemasonry course at Bath College - one of the very few
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January 2, 2026 at 10:30 AM
somersetuk.bsky.social
Woman says King stonemasonry role is an 'honour'

#Somerset #BBCNews

🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
Somerset woman says King stonemasonry role is an 'honour'
Jennie Regan said she was inspired by seeing her brick-layer grandfather's work as a child.
www.bbc.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:48 AM
schmutzie.com
It never occurred to me that Jesus was also a magician with powerful magic (I'm not a Christian but the history around it can be fascinating). In early Christianity, both Jesus and Moses were depicted in paintings and stonemasonry with wands performing magic to raise the dead and split rocks.
Painted in the catacomb of Commodilla near the Via Ostiensis in Rome, this scene dates to c. 365. It depics Moses striking a rock with an apparent wand to open a water spring. A depiction of a clean-shaven Jesus raising Lazarus carved into a stone sarcophagus ca. 340 in the Musei Vaticani in Rome. Jesus is holding what looks like a wand over Lazarus while a woman bathes Jesus' feet on the right. There is a crowd of men behind him on the left. An etching from the Roman Catacombs which depicts a clean-shaven Jesus raising Lazarus. Jesus is shown in flowing robes holding a wand out with his right hand. It hovers over a small mausoleum on the left with a wrapped body in the entrance. Painted in the Via Anapo catacomb in Rome during the 4th century, this painting depicts a clean-shaven Jesus holding a wand out with his right hand over several darker smudges I can't discern along the ground on the left.
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
therealstory.bsky.social
(6/7) they all may have been visited by the same alien architects who shared their advanced stonemasonry skills. These recurring themes in ancient architecture aren't mere happenstance; they point to a shared, hidden truth we've yet to fully comprehend! I'm curious to know what you think about this
December 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
stejormur.bsky.social
Even then though, I'm just not convinced it's that expensive. Even in the 11th C, it would have been a standardised process not much different to modern embroidery. And plenty of amateurs still spin and weave in medieval style - it's basically just mechanical. It's not a lost art like stonemasonry
December 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
thebasement.nz
Brain: “you awake?”
Me: “just drifting off. What’s up?”
Brain: “name the 4 other kinds of masonry, besides stonemasonry”
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
duskwight.bsky.social
His father also made sure Adrien learned the family stonemasonry skills which made him a mastercrafter. Education was important to him. His mother likes to hear news about Adrien's adventures and wants to know about his love life because she misses hers and wants the best for him (and wants the tea)
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
dave-the-cave.bsky.social
#BathStoneQuarryForum #BGS #Westwells #stonemasonry BGS photos West Wells Masonry works
#Pod_4
Stage {1},{2}

varying thickness and smoothness of stone

This is beneath the larger overhead travelling crane ie where the quarry blocks were worked on

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
BGS photo - showing annotations #1 Quarry blocks (brown) scappled at the quarry; #2 Scants (yellowy-brown) with two smooth opposite faces; #3 and rectangular blocks (pink) with all smooth faces [2] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=113748 original BGS photo without annotations [2] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=113748
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
dave-the-cave.bsky.social
#BathStoneQuarryForum #BGS #Westwells #stonemasonry BGS photos West Wells Masonry works
#Pod_3
Stage {2}[2 - Twin saw]

creating rectangular stone blocks with no rough faces using twin bladed circular saws

[12][14][21][24][53]

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Bath & Portland Stone Firms - West Wells Masonry Works Stage #2 processing scants to create rectangular blocks with no rough faces [12] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=113977 Bath & Portland Stone Firms - West Wells Masonry Works Stage #2 processing scants to create rectangular blocks with no rough faces [14] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=113987 Bath & Portland Stone Firms - West Wells Masonry Works Stage #2 processing scants to create rectangular blocks with no rough faces [21] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=114017 Bath & Portland Stone Firms - West Wells Masonry Works Stage #2 processing scants to create rectangular blocks with no rough faces [25] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=114033
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
dave-the-cave.bsky.social
#BathStoneQuarryForum #BGS #Westwells #stonemasonry BGS photos West Wells Masonry works
#Pod_2a
Stage {1} [1 - Slabbing saw]
The first stage
#1 creating scants with a computer controlled slabbing saw

[31][32][33][34]

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
computer controlled slabbing saw [31] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=114056 Computer controlled slabbing saw [32] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=114060 Computer controlled slabbing saw [33] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=114063 Computer controlled slabbing saw [34] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=114068
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
dave-the-cave.bsky.social
#BathStoneQuarryForum #BGS #Westwells #stonemasonry #BGS #Westwells #stonemasonry BGS photos West Wells Masonry works
#Pod_2 creating scants of a required thickness using a single bladed circular saw
Stage {1} [1 - Slabbing saw]

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
[18] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=114004 [23] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=114023 [26] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/actionviewAsset?id=114038 [54] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=114380
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
dave-the-cave.bsky.social
#BathStoneQuarryForum #BGS #Westwells #stonemasonry BGS photos West Wells Masonry works
The large overhead travelliing crane
Stage {1}, {2}

This area covers the first two phases of the processing the blocks from the quarry

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The larger overhead travelling crane [36] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=114076 36] https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/viewAsset?id=114076 Advert 1955 for a similar John Smith (Keighley) overhead travelling crane The foundry Trade Journal 1955 - sim_foundry-trade-journal_1955-04-28_98_2017 https://ia804506.us.archive.org/33/items/sim_foundry-trade-journal_1955-04-28_98_2017/sim_foundry-trade-journal_1955-04-28_98_2017.pdf
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
dave-the-cave.bsky.social
#BathStoneQuarryForum #BGS #Westwells #stonemasonry BGS photos West Wells Masonry works

Within the BGS photos are an awesome collection of photos of the Bath & Portland's Masonry Works at West Wells, in Corsham.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
his map 1892-1915 shows the west wells quarry before the masonry works. Note the nearby spring quarry and sands quarry Kinnock's or Westwells or Moor Park quarry location shown by the blue placemark using the MCRA location data which marks the west wells slope shaft on a NLS old map 1892-1915 https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16.9&lat=51.41844&lon=-2.20976&layers=168&b=osm&o=99&marker=51.417890,-2.209690 DBS p310-312 i.e. section 8.9.14 #1 Kinnock’s quarry 1900 -> Westwells quarry -> Moor park quarry 1907 The location of the masonry works - or stone works. Much of the NLS 1944-1974 map is fictional but the outline of the masonry works buildings are shown . Westwalls quarry slope shaft would directly feed into the masonry works The MCRA location of the slope shaft is the blue placemark on an NLS old map 1944-74 which clarly shows the stone works https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16.9&lat=51.41839&lon=-2.21017&layers=173&b=osm&o=99&marker=51.417890,-2.209690 Bath & Portland Masonry works at West Wells - 70 men and Bottomcombe ~200 men Kenneth Hudson, 'Fashionable stone' p75 Norman Bezzant's description of the stone working process and machines used in different phases was used to classify the photos. #1 But then I noticed the large overhead travelling crane was useful in identifying the initial stages 1 & 2 #2 And the smaller overhead travelling crane identified where the masons worked, ie stages 3 & 4 my notes on these few pages makes it easy to see where the classification comes from https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BvJo-vIls-tWyB48lV_fh7My0B9861MtHEnXQlwoAq8/edit?usp=sharing
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
ancestralenq.bsky.social
Scottish Historic Buildings Trust setting up course in traditional skills such as stonemasonry & joinery in Eyemouth, the Scottish Borders town where dozens of 18th century buildings need to be repaired. 👇
How traditional skills could save Eyemouth's historic buildings
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How traditional skills could save Eyemouth's historic buildings
Organisers of a new course hope they have an answer to protecting some of the town's oldest buildings.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
rmbconservation.bsky.social
Why Experience Matters: The Value Of A Multidisciplinary Approach In Building Conservation. rmbconservation.co.uk/news-posts/w... #heritage #buildingconservation #history #placemaking #buildings #stonemasonry #limemortar #projectmanagement #survey #minimumintervention #buildingconservationphilosopy
Why Experience Matters: The Value of a Multidisciplinary Approach in Building Conservation - R. Moore Building Conservation Ltd
A multidisciplinary approach isn’t a buzzword for us — it’s a necessity. It’s shaped by over forty years of working on site, tackling complex issues, and collaborating with conservation specialists across Wales and the North West.
rmbconservation.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM