Marble Street Quarry Rutland Vermont

An unexpected marble quarry is hiding underground in this mine in vermont.

Marble street quarry rutland vermont.

When in the center of west rutland turn right onto marble street extension and follow for about 3 miles on your right. Greenish to gray veins typically running diagonally or horizontally as with the striato. Go from rutland vermont to west rutland on route 4 b. A great mass or stone fell into the quarry and seven men were instantly killed and a number of.

The first commercial quarry was opened in dorset the first quarry in vermont and believed to be the first in north america. 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. You can t see the quarry from the road. A beautiful and cost effective choice for kitchen.

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. The sutherland falls quarry opened in 1836 and went through several owners before colonel proctor took over. Montclair is available in both fleuri cross cut or striato vein cut. Medium to heavy veining often used for book matching in fleuri cut.

Perhaps we envision jumping into the the dorset quarry on a hot summer day. Locally headstones were being made from outcrop marble as early as 1785. 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. There are about 4 large marble blocks that are place at the entrance where you need to park on the right side of the road.