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Handmade (Part 2): Men of Stone

Posted on November 30, 2012 by hometown

In 1859 Andrew Gilchrist was born in Scotland. There Andrew and his brother George learned the craft of stonemasonry. Just as blacksmiths (see Part 1) worked by hand, with hammer and anvil, without the aid of modern power tools, stonemasons … Continue reading →

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