A Story of Stone 1924 (9:03)

This production captures the stone construction of what is now called the “Whitney Block”, part of the Government of Ontario buildings at Queen’s Park. While the film’s theme explores the “ancient trade of stone masonry” there is a high level of mechanization throughout the construction process from quarrying at Queenston, in Niagara, from cutting the stones into massive slabs for the building’s walls to final stone carving over the entrance, which requires pneumatic chisels that still appear to require manual precision.

Library and Archives Canada Item Number ISN 194560

Film editing by David Sobel. Music by Allen Booth