Häststensbrottet in Väster was Kullgren's first large quarry and was active for many years.. Here they built a "rail road" with railway tracks, later called "rallvägen". Along the rally road there was also a long stone workshop - "Långa Raden" - where each stonemason had his own small room open to the rally road but which provided protection from the elements. The wagons with the stone load on the rail road are then pushed by hand by the workers all the way from the quarry past Göta Källare and down to the Polishing Works and the harbour.
The next large quarry was the "Klockebrottet" which was established in 1893 and which was located just behind the "Herrrgårn". From here, mainly the large stone was taken to the Polishing Workshop and for fine stone carving of monuments and tombs. It was named after the red-painted belfry that used to stand outside the stone wall of the Manor and which was rung at the beginning and end of the working day and during breaks. . The granite was here in easily accessible layers so the blocks could be taken out mainly with wedges. Crime base was C.J. Wahlberg.
From the "Kubabrottet" which was located just above the Klockebrottet, came all the cobblestone or "knott", which was shipped to Cuba at the end of the 1910s and which was very profitable both for the stonemasons who worked as their own entrepreneurs but also for the company that provided the blocks of stone. The stone quarried here was exported to 85 different countries. It was named after the extensive export of paving stones to Cuba.
Also from both of these quarries above, a rail road went down to the Polishing Works and the port, but here the workers instead had to brake the wagons with the stone load to the best of their ability, which was not harmless. The wagons were then pulled by the company's horses up to the breaks again.
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