On the Rocks
A Maine quarry enjoys a second act, thanks to one determined gardener.
By Rebecca Sawyer-Fay, Photography by Lynn Karlin
Nearly seventy years have passed since the last quarryman put down his stone hammer and headed home from Heal Black Granite Quarry, about three and a half miles west of Lincolnville Beach. No longer do stonecutters and sculptors seek out the quarry's fine-grained, green-tinged black rock for the high-end gravestones of midcoast swells.But while the sounds of horses and drills have long ceased, the quarry still hums with activity, albeit of a gentler sort. In the quarry's now-tranquil pool, songbirds bathe, and frogs find shelter.
