This quarry was "in the town of Hallowell, 2 miles north-northwest of the city of Hallowell." It was owned by the Hallowell Granite Works. At the time of the report, the quarry had not been worked for many years. The granite from the quarry was reportedly a light-gray color with a fine texture.
The Tayntor Quarry opened before 1840. In 1905 the quarry measured "520 feet N. 30° W. to S. 20° E. by 275 feet across and from 10 to 40 feet in depth. The deeper part of it is 275 by 150 feet and 40 feet deep." Transport of the granite was by rail 2 miles to the cutting shed at the dock.
The granite from the Tayntor Quarry was used for monumental work. Examples can be seen at: the General Slocum monument in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; the State of Maine Monument in Andersonville, Georgia; the New York State Monument on Lookout Mountain (Craven House), in Tennessee; the Soldiers' Monument at Pittsfield, Maine; the Dunlap mausoleum (Corinthian style, 16 by 28 feet) and the Ziegler mausoleum (Grecian Doric style, 25 by 34 feet, after the temple at Paestum) in the Woodlawn Cemetery in New York; and the General Miles mausoleum in Arlington, Virginia.