Vermont Marble Company Abandoned

But by the 1920s the marble business went bust largely because of the introduction of portland cement which became a cheaper and more convenient replacement.

Vermont marble company abandoned.

Vermont marble granite slate soapstone company specializes in natural stone. Moved its headquarters to ohio in 2007. In 1976 but after gradually divesting itself of many buildings in proctor omya inc. 9 26 12 the owners of an abandoned marble factory and a hidden bomb shelter grant jay access to the property.

In addition to countertops we also make sinks urns woodstove surrounds hearth pads custom work and many other great products all made from natural stone. In 1901 vermont marble company purchased the fisk and goodsell quarries. From there the quarry twists and turns 1 miles deep where danby marble is quarried. After finding a huge air raid siren the guys hop on an elevator that sends them.

Black marble has been removed intermittently from several other quarries including the goodsell fleury and hill quarries since the middle of the 19th century. The vermont danby quarry is the largest underground marble quarry in the world. The vermont marble company was founded in 1880 by businessman and politician redfield proctor who served as the company s first president marble was quarried from several locations in the town of proctor then called sutherland falls and the surrounding communities of rutland west rutland and danby as railroads arrived in rutland and proctor the vermont marble company became one of the. The vermont marble company s facilities in proctor were purchased by omya inc.

From the outside of dorset mountain the quarry looks the same as it did a century ago. 2 comments kristin lyle on october 4 2012 at 3 07 am. The goodsell quarry averages 34 000 cubic feet annually early 1990s 50 percent of which is of marketable quality. Most of the quarries in dorset would be bought up by the vermont marble company in proctor who then shut them down to consolidate business as demands continued to drop.

The marble industry declined in the mid 20th century and the once powerful vermont marble company closed its operations in proctor in the 1990s. Broadwater county montana radersburg 1968. Vermont marble quarry abandoned mine site limestone hills 2 25 miles northeast of radersburg radersburg broadwater county mt.