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Granite pieces too large to be sent by rail were shipped by sea. Transfer to the ships was done at the granite wharf near the intersection of Water and Temples Streets. The site is now used for launching pleasure craft and recreation.

The Hallowell Granite works had two large schooners named the Jeremiah T. Smith and the Edward H. Smith. The Jeremiah T. Smith, pictured below drying sails at granite wharf, was named after a Connecticut oyster king and skippered by Captain Lyman W. Lyons of New Haven.