Some History

The rumor is that during cold months the old-timers used to bore holes in the granite, then pour water in the holes and wait for it to freeze. The resulting expansion would split the stone, thus eliminating any need of feathers and wedges (which are the small steel devices you see in the granite holes in my photographs). I don't know if this is truth or folklore--it doesn't seem very utilitarian--but I'd like to imagine they did it all the time. It gets cold enough, that much is for certain.