Marble Street Quarry Rutland Vermont

Go from rutland vermont to west rutland on route 4 b.

Marble street quarry rutland vermont.

You can t see the quarry from the road. An unexpected marble quarry is hiding underground in this mine in vermont. Locally headstones were being made from outcrop marble as early as 1785. 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.

Montclair is available in both fleuri cross cut or striato vein cut. The first commercial quarry was opened in dorset the first quarry in vermont and believed to be the first in north america. Medium to heavy veining often used for book matching in fleuri cut. 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.

When in the center of west rutland turn right onto marble street extension and follow for about 3 miles on your right. 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. 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. The sutherland falls quarry opened in 1836 and went through several owners before colonel proctor took over.

When most of us picture vermont quarries we think of the magnificent sight of the rock of ages location. Montclair striato is similar to the italian zembrino marble. A great mass or stone fell into the quarry and seven men were instantly killed and a number of. 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.