Marble Quarry Vermont Tour

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Otter creek fun center mini golf video game. Tourists and residents alike will find a wealth of historical artistic and cultural experiences as they visit towns and villages where marble was quarried manufactured and utilized. The quarry is entered through the same opening that has been in use for over 100 years. If you are looking for a nice walk that will provide you with beautiful views of nearby historic quarries we recommend the grand lookout part of the millstone trails.

Tour an abandoned vermont marble quarry a working vermont farm vermont places on the national historic register a vermont artisan s studio and much more with group tours and self guided tours in vermont. When most of us picture vermont quarries we think of the magnificent sight of the rock of ages location. At nearly 600 feet deep it is the largest operating deep hole dimension granite quarry in the world. The vermont danby quarry is the largest underground marble quarry in the world.

Located along route 30 in dorset vt. Our tours depart at 10 00 11 00 1 00 2 00 3 00. 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. An unexpected marble quarry is hiding underground in this mine in vermont.

Danby marble quarry video tour more information. The norcross west marble quarry is one of the oldest marble quarries in the the united states. The vermont marble trail is a driving tour along the geological marble corridor running the length of western vermont. The guided quarry tour takes you to an overlook of the smith quarry.

From there the quarry twists and turns 1 miles deep where danby marble is. It is a magnificent place know as a swimming hole surrounded by huge rocks of marble the place is breathtaking. Vermont state historical society. From the outside of dorset mountain the quarry looks the same as it did a century ago.

The tour is approximately 40 minutes in length and typically runs rain or shine. 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.