Old Wood Derrick
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Photograph of old wooden derrick, Rowat Cut Stone Co. This derrick had previously been used while building the Iowa State Capitol.
This file appears in: History of the Rowat Cut Stone Co.
History of the Rowat Cut Stone Co.
A history of the Rowat Cut Stone Company should begin many years back. In fact, in 1850 a boy was born into a large family in Kilmarnock, Scotland. This boy started to learn to be a stonecutter at the age of 14 and just after he was 21 years old he…