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The quarry supplies curling stone granite exclusively to the Canada Curling Stone Company, which has been producing stones since 1992 and supplied the stones for the 2002 Winter Olympics. A handle is attached by a bolt running vertically through a hole in the centre of the stone.
Andrew Kay & Company (Curling Stones) Limited, [1] trading as Kays Scotland, is the only remaining UK manufacturer and supplier of curling stones. Founded in 1851, it retains exclusive rights to harvest granite from Ailsa Craig , granted by the Marquess of Ailsa .
Curling stones. Curling stones are traditionally fashioned of Ailsa Craig granite. The first stones were made in the 1750s, the original source being Ailsa Craig in Scotland. Because of the rarity of this granite, the best stones can cost as much as US$1,500. Between 60 and 70 percent of the stones used today are made from Ailsa Craig granite.
As of 2004, 60–70% of all curling stones in use were made from granite from the island [63] and it is one of only two sources for all stones in the sport, the other being the Trefor Granite Quarry in Wales. [64] Ailsa Craig produced two types of granite for curling, Blue Hone and Ailsa Craig Common Green.
By 1839, Curling grew prominent enough within the country for vendors in Toronto to be selling custom and local made granite stones for the sport. In 1840, "The Canadian Curler's Manual" by James Bicket, secretary of the Toronto Curling Club [ 6 ] was published, making it Canada's first book on curling.
The riebeckite granite known as ailsite, found on the island of Ailsa Craig in western Scotland, is prized for its use in the manufacture of curling stones. Riebeckite granite was used for the facing stones of the Canton Viaduct from Moyles Quarry (a.k.a. Canton Viaduct Quarry) now part of Borderland State Park in Massachusetts, US.