An unexpected marble quarry is hiding underground in this mine in vermont.
Marble quarry near rutland vt.
It s on private property but open to the public including swimming.
West rutland quarry vermont june 6 2017 february 12 2018 throughthelookingglassfarm today i decided to venture farther than i have gone in the past few weeks and take a trip into a more northern locality west rutland vermont to check out an abandoned quarry.
Available in slabs 2cm 3cm 5cm as well as standard tiles from 12 x 12 up to 24 x 24 other sizes available upon request.
Dorset marble house j.
Very white background coming from the brook layer of the danby quarry.
It is a magnificent place know as a swimming hole surrounded by huge rocks of marble the place is breathtaking.
When most of us picture vermont quarries we think of the magnificent sight of the rock of ages location.
Since 1919 gawet marble and granite has been serving the rutland area providing quality vermont marble and granite products to our customers.
The norcross west marble quarry is one of the oldest marble quarries in the the united states.
Perhaps we envision jumping into the the dorset quarry on a hot summer day.
One of the worst disasters in the history of marble quarrying occurred at west rutland a little after 1 o clock this afternoon in a quarry operated by the vermont marble company with which senator proctor is connected.
Located along route 30 in dorset vt.
What few people know is that hundreds of feet under the earths top layer deep inside the same quarry walls we extracted marble from there is a sophisticated marble factory that includes 2 gang saws a monowire to cut thick slabs and cubic.
Welcome to the vermont marble museum the largest marble exhibit in the world and a great source of pride for generations.
Norcross west quarry route 30 dorset vt 05251 see full page photo on page 6 this is one of the oldest marble quarries in the u s it was commercially mined between 1785 and 1917.
We will help realize your vision in stone with custom memorials and interior and exterior stone projects.
Through our displays exhibits galleries gift shop and grounds the vermont marble museum tells a unique story of the people and places that made up vermont s marble industry linking historical artistic and cultural.
We often hear about how the quarrying industries marble around rutland and dorset granite around barre helped shape vermont but a century old article from scribner s magazine helps.
