Rutland Vermont Marble Quarry

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.

Rutland vermont marble quarry.

The vermont marble company was established in 1880 with the merger of the sutherland falls marble company and the rutland marble company. It then passed into the hands of general horace henry baxter who. From there the quarry twists and turns 1 miles deep where danby marble is. 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.

Dorset marble house j. Bingham falls stowe vt. From the outside of dorset mountain the quarry looks the same as it did a century ago. 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.

West rutland vt usa. This quarry was one of the oldest largest and most productive of the rutland marble quarries. Since 1919 gawet marble and granite has been serving the rutland area providing quality vermont marble and granite products to our customers. There are loads of places and heights to jump in at this beautiful marble quarry.

The vermont danby quarry is the largest underground marble quarry in the world. I couldn t find any photos of the quarry itself but the photos of a. June 6 2017 february 12 2018 throughthelookingglassfarm. Marble st west rutland vt 05777 usa.

The sutherland falls quarry opened in 1836 and went through several owners before colonel proctor took over. Manley house route 30 dorset vt 05251. West rutland quarry vermont. Lines ran north and south and west and southeast.

You ll quickly see why this spot is a favorite with the locals. 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. 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. The first commercial quarry was opened in dorset the first quarry in vermont and believed to be the first in north america.

Locally headstones were being made from outcrop marble as early as 1785. The quarry is entered through the same opening that has been in use for over 100 years. If you don t want to brave the jump see how many of the cool sculptures you can spot. Come visit our showroom at 805 business route 4 center rutland vt 05736 or call us continue reading gawet marble and granite inc.

The rutland marble company was originally a quarry in west rutland operated by william barnes. The rutland railroad station machine shop round house and other facilities were located to the west of the town center. In the 1850s rutland became the railroad center of vermont.