Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary

Dale Stockbridge Jr. and Isaac Stinson in a boat in the Quarry Pond, Minturn, Swan's Island. The men are setting up the hose to drain the pond.

Quarry Pond in Minturn, Swan's Island, ME. The pond was drained to the bottom in 2003. Cindy Turner is walking among the rocks with a bucket, looking for collectibles or other debris that had sunk to the bottom of the pond.

Dale Stockbridge Jr., Daniel Stockbridge, and Isaac Stinson on a raft they made in the Quarry Pond, Minturn, Swan's Island. The men are trying out the pump they rigged up on the raft before setting it in place to pump out the quarry.

Men stand on a raft in the quarry as they drain it by pumping out the water. They have already drained many feet of water down already. Usually the water is nearly level with the parking lot and trucks seen above. Notice the rusted object and wooden beams on the left side of the photo part way up.

A very well drained quarry hole as it must have looked when it closed for quarrying in the late 1920's. People are searching for treasures at the bottom.

A piece of rusty machinery that was found in the bottom of the Quarry Pond when it was drained in 2003. This would have been used when the quarry was in operation.

A piece of quarrying equipment salvaged from the bottom of the quarry pond when it was drained in 2003. It rests in the bottom of one of the workers' truck beds.