Other Intersting Quarries
There are thousands of operating quarries around the world. Here is a small slice of quarries with which we are familiar.
Bluestone Quarries
Bluestone is a Devonian sandstone quarried extensively in northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New York. It has been used, primarily for pavements, for two centuries on the eastern coast of the United States. It is actively quarried at many locations and is shipped around the United States and Canada.
Bluestone Quarry
Bluestone quarry extracting blocks.
Bluestone Quarry
Cutting sawn-edge bluestone paving.
Bluestone Quarry
Cutting sawn-edge bluestone paving.
Bluestone
Finished sawn-edge bluestone.
Brownstone Quarry
Brownstone is a Triassic sandstone that was deposited in parts of Connecticut and surrounding states. Brownstone was used extensively in the 17th and 18th centuries on many buildings in New York City and around the upper east coast of the U.S. Brownstone quarrying was a major industry for a long time; however, in 1936 during the depression a storm flooded the quarries and most were never reopened. The only quarry presently operating is by Portland Brownstone Quarries in Portland, CT.
Brownstone Quarry
Brownstone blocks being quarried at Portland Brownstone Quarries.
Brownstone Quarry
Brownstone blocks at Portland Brownstone Quarries.
Brownstone
Brownstone building in Manhattan.
Brownstone
Brownstone at Battery Park in Manhattan.
Cararra, Italy
The city of Cararra, Italy has been a stone quarrying and carving center for millenia. The marbles quarried in the Apuan Alps near Cararra were used for Michaelagelo’s David as well as countless other statues and structures during Roman times. These marbles are still quarried and shipped around the world. The images show active and ancient quarries that can be visited today.
Carrara Marble Quarries
The Apuan Alps near Carrara are littered with quarries.
Carrara Marble Quarries
The Apuan Alps near Carrara are littered with quarries.
Carrara Marble Quarries
The Apuan Alps near Carrara are littered with quarries.
Carrara Marble Quarries
The Apuan Alps near Carrara are littered with quarries.
Carrara Marble Quarries
Operations at a Carrara quarry.
Limestone Quarries
Limestone and the related rocks dolomite and travertine are quarried throughout the world. Limestone quarries typically extract large quarry blocks which are then sawn and/or broken down into a great variety of products.
Limestone Quarry
Limestone blocks are outlined with a track drill. They are then broken out in large rectangular blocks.
Indiana Limestone Quarry
Indiana Limestone is quarried in large blocks which are then processed into finished products.
Indiana Limestone Quarry
Indiana Limestone is quarried in large blocks which are then processed into finished products.
Abandoned Limestone Quarry
Water is usually pumped from limestone quarries during quarrying operations. When abandoned, they commonly fill with groundwater.
Granite Quarries
Granites, along with related crystalline igneous and metamorphic rocks, are quarried throughout the world, particularly in China and India. Granites are typically quarried in large blocks which are then sawn down into everything from countertops to building stones.
Granite Quarry
Rock of Ages quarry in Barre, Vermont.
Granite Quarry
Lifting a 50-ton block at Rock of Ages in Barre, Vermont.
Granite
Drilling and splitting a granite block.
Granite Quarry
Abandoned quarries in Barre, Vermont.
Granite Quarry
Abandoned quarry in Barre, Vermont.
Granite
Abandoned blocks near Barre, Vermont.
Granite
Abandoned blocks near Barre, Vermont.
Granite
Abandoned blocks near Barre, Vermont.
Granite Quarry
Splitting drilled blocks at a granite quarry.
Granite Quarry
Granite quarry blocks ready for processing.
