Barre Vt Granite Quarry

We specialize in etching sandblast gold leaf and handcarving.

Barre vt granite quarry.

Our guided tour takes you to an overlook of the smith granite quarry here in barre vermont. Building and sculpting stone. This is a tour of the fabulus rock of ages quarry in barre vermont and of some of rock of ages quarries in other states and in canada. Rock of ages barre.

The quarry is huge and we were told it could go for another 5000 years with the granite that is there the grounds and surrounding area is beautiful. Known for their excellence in quality craft and innovation adams granite co. 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. The quarry itself is the world s largest deep hole dimension granite quarry and though 600 feet of its depths are under a well of milky green water the quarry is astoundingly huge.

Our memorials come in special shapes such as angels crosses and books. We offer countless choices. Continues it s legacy as one of the top granite suppliers in america. Welcome to the world s largest deep hole dimension granite quarry.

The mica is both muscovite and biotite it intrudes into the waits river formation. We did not take the factory tour but we viewed the quarry from above and saw the actual day by day work that goes into getting the granite. Barre granite ˈbæri is a devonian granite pluton near the town of barre in washington county vermont richardson described it as a fine granite composed of quartz feldspar and mica. At the heart of the renowned barre granite quarries stands one of the oldest custom stone manufacturers in north america.

We make granite memorials and markers. Nearly 600 feet deep it is the largest operating deep hole dimension granite quarry in the world. Smith ran a granite works just to the west of the quarry. Wheaton granite quarry was located on cobble hill barre vt.

A full range of memorials from grass markers to mausoleums in every color available medium barre dark barre north. Wheaton quarry barre washington co vermont usa. 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.