Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1895 — LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY.

Huge Granite Monument Placed in the Torrence Lot at Rosehill. Tile largest private shaft monument in the United States has just been put in place in General J. T. Torrence’s lot

in Rosehill Cemetry. The granite piece for the shaft when taken from the quarry, weighed 100 tons. Cut to its present shape it weighs fifty-five tons. It is the largest and most perfect spire ever quarried in Vermont. It is of Barre granite and has not a spot, streak o' blemish from bottom to top. Tli e monument

was built from General Torrence's own copyrighted plans. Its entire height is sixty-five feet. The base at the foundation is fifteen feet square, and is covered with other pieces to a height of seventeen feet Next comes the colossal shaft, forty-eight feet long. It was necessary to build two special cars for its transportation. The derrick for lifting the shaft into place w T as built of Oregon pine poles seventy-two feet long. Over three miles of rope was used on the derrick. The monument itself is fittingly located in a lot containing 11,000 square feet

TORRENCE MONUMENT.