We are going to post some pictures of the site when it was being constructed back in 1905. The first picture is of the derick that had to be constructed on site to be able to lift the 40 ton spire into place. Take a close look and see how the cables are attached to it. There are no marks or even scratches on the monument!!
The next one is a picture of one of the wagons that were used to pull the large pieces of granite that were used to make the monument. There were five pieces in all. 22 horses and a yoke of oxen were used to pull it 2 miles from the river level up 850 feet...in other words it was a steep pull, on muddy ground, in a Vermont November. Lotsa fun huh!!! It took one day to get the granite from the quarry 40 miles away to South Royalton and 33 days to get it to the site!!