Marble Quarry West Rutland Vermont

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.

Marble quarry west rutland vermont. In 1901 vermont marble company purchased the fisk and goodsell quarries. Welcome to the vermont marble museum the largest marble exhibit in the world and a great source of pride for generations. Since 1919 gawet marble and granite has been serving the rutland area providing quality vermont marble and granite products to our customers. 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.

Dorset marble house j. Oldest marble quarry in the usa long abandoned the norcross west marble quarry is conveniently right next to a highway. Extra 20 off 3 items see all eligible items. 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 are known world wide for the beautiful vermont danby marble we extract and that we quarry from the largest underground marble quarry in the world. Big marble blocks and a water filled pit are used as a swimming hole. The vermont marble company was founded in 1880 by businessman and politician redfield proctor who served as the company s first president marble was quarried from several locations in the town of proctor then called sutherland falls and the surrounding communities of rutland west rutland and danby as railroads arrived in rutland and proctor the vermont marble company became one of the. It s on private property but open to the public including swimming.

7 49 2 00 shipping. Mouse over to zoom. Come visit our showroom at 805 business route 4 center rutland vt 05736 or call us continue reading gawet marble and granite inc. Black marble has been removed intermittently from several other quarries including the goodsell fleury and hill quarries since the middle of the 19th century.

Manley house route 30 dorset vt 05251 this privately owned all. Historical marker out front. Vt rutland vermont marble quarry mine mining detroit publishing no 10206. The goodsell quarry averages 34 000 cubic feet annually early 1990s 50 percent of which is of marketable.

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