Sleeping Giant: Quarrying & Preservation
A selected, source-based research collection for New Haven and Fairfield counties. Includes credited photographs where reusable images were located, historical interpretation and links to supporting records. It is a growing inventory, not an exhaustive survey. Photographs retain their individual dates and reuse terms; images do not establish present access conditions.

id: CT054-S01
title: Connecticut State Parks: Sleeping Giant
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Sleeping Giant: Quarrying & Preservation
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. A familiar ridge preserves evidence of quarrying and a campaign to protect its shape.
url: https://ctparks.com/parks/sleeping-giant-state-park
credit: Connecticut State Parks
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT054-P01
title: SlGiant
kind: Photographs
date: 2006-04-28
institution: Sleeping Giant: Quarrying & Preservation
summary: Sleeping Giant in en:Hamden, Connecticut. Photo by Ken Gallager, April 28, 2006.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SlGiant.jpg
credit: Ken Gallager at English Wikipedia / Public domain
notes: Public domain in the United States (source file license). Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
file: images/sleeping_giant-6010955.jpg
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external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/SlGiant.jpg
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id: CT054-P02
title: Hamden-CT-SleepingGiantMtn
kind: Photographs
date: 2015-10-04 10:40:54
institution: Sleeping Giant: Quarrying & Preservation
summary: Hamden Connecticut's Sleeping Giant Mountain from the Quinnipiac river.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamden-CT-SleepingGiantMtn.jpg
credit: Morrowlong / CC BY-SA 4.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 4.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. 500px web thumbnail after source throttled larger image.
file: images/sleeping_giant-49285963.jpg
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Hamden-CT-SleepingGiantMtn.jpg
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id: CT054-P03
title: Sleeping Giant, Hamden, CT (53310017384)
kind: Photographs
date: 2023-10-14 12:02
institution: Sleeping Giant: Quarrying & Preservation
summary: Sleeping Giant, Hamden, CT
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sleeping_Giant,_Hamden,_CT_(53310017384).jpg
credit: Ethan Long / CC BY-SA 2.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 2.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
file: images/sleeping_giant-150339528.jpg
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accessed: 2026-09-12
license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Sleeping_Giant%2C_Hamden%2C_CT_%2853310017384%29.jpg
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id: ED-C-image-pass-010
title: Sleeping Giant State Park
kind: Photographs
date: 2015-10-24
institution: Sleeping Giant: Quarrying & Preservation
summary: Autumn panorama from Sleeping Giant over the surrounding landscape. Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden, photographed in autumn 2015.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sleeping_Giant_State_Park.jpg
credit: Bob P. B. / Wikimedia Commons; creator's original upload or named collection
notes: Landscape context; do not label as a specific quarry excavation without image-level confirmation. Original Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7272600@N06/22323268058/ Not a view of an active quarry. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: CC BY 2.0
file: images/ED-C-image-pass-010.webp
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
external_image_url: https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Sleeping_Giant_State_Park.jpg/1280px-Sleeping_Giant_State_Park.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail
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id: ED-C-image-pass-011
title: Sleeping Giant Tower
kind: Photographs
date: 2013-04-28
institution: Sleeping Giant: Quarrying & Preservation
summary: Stone parapet and platform atop Sleeping Giant's tower. The summit tower at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sleeping_Giant_Tower.JPG
credit: Ieateggseverymorning / Wikimedia Commons; creator's original upload or named collection
notes: Does not show the full tower exterior; narrow caption accordingly. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: CC BY-SA 3.0
file: images/ED-C-image-pass-011.webp
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
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