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The Marble Street Historic District encompasses what was once the principal business district of West Rutland, Vermont.Centered on Marble Street between Thrall Avenue and Smith Place, this area was the town's economic hub during the years (roughly 1885 to 1935) when the local marble quarries dominated the local economy.
Owens Quarry, a limestone quarry and crusher plant near Marion, Ohio, around which the community of Owens, Ohio grew. Ridgeway Site , in Hardin County, Ohio , a former archaeological site which, during excavation of its gravel, yielded numerous artifacts and buried bodies of the Glacial Kame culture , for which it is the type site.
Farnams Village is located in southern Cheshire, a rural town on the eastern slope of Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts. The geology of southwestern Cheshire includes ridges of outcrops with deposits of limestone and marble, which were mined on a small scale, primarily for local use by farmers, beginning in the early 19th century.
Dorset Mountain is home to the largest underground marble quarry in the world. The quarry is entered through the same opening that has been in use for over 100 years. The mine is 1 ½ miles deep, and this is where Danby marble is quarried. Vermont Quarries Corporation took over the production and operation of the famous Danby Marble quarry in 1992.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
The quarries remained an active part of the Vermont granite industry well into the mid-20th century. The small, rural village has no paved roads or traffic lights. The village center is the member-owned Adamant Co-op, a general store and post office located at the junction of Haggett, Quarry, Center and Sodom Pond Roads.
Quasius Quarry, near the Sheboygan River in Rhine, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed as the Sheboygan Valley Land and Lime Company. Includes a limestone quarry and kilns for producing quicklime, built in 1911 and abandoned in the 1920s. William Johnston Lime Kiln, Saylesville, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed; Hadfield Company Lime Kilns, Waukesha, Wisconsin, NRHP ...
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts that are, National Historic Landmarks in Vermont. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". [1]