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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.
Marble from these quarries provided stone for the New York Public Library Main Branch building in New York City. [4] The quarry closed and during the summer months serves as a popular swimming hole. [5] The Dorset town center is defined as the Dorset census-designated place and had a population of 249 at the 2010 census. [6]
The Dorset Village Historic District encompasses a significant portion of the village center of Dorset, Vermont.Centered at the junction of Church Street, Kent Hill Road, and Vermont Route 30, the village was developed between the late 18th and early 20th centuries, and has a number of well-preserved unusual features, including sidewalks of marble from local quarries.
Emerald Lake State Park is a 430-acre (170 ha) state park in the town of Dorset, Vermont, United States, 3 miles (5 km) north of the village of East Dorset, the park's mailing address. It is the home of 20-acre (8.1 ha) Emerald Lake, called such because of its emerald color .
A beginner's guide to Olympic Artistic Swimming. August 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM. SAINT-DENIS, ... Artistic swimming runs Aug. 5-10 beginning at 5:30 p.m. CEST (11:30 a.m. EDT) each day. The team medal ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends swimming lessons for children from 1–4, along with other precautionary measures to prevent drowning. [4] In 2010, the American Academy of Pediatrics reversed its previous position in which it had disapproved of lessons before age 4, indicating that the evidence no longer supported an advisory against early swimming lessons.
This is a list of lakes in Vermont. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. The Vermont Department of Health and Department of Environmental Conservation establish the limits of Escherichia coli allowed before swimming is permitted.
Long Trail School has drawn students from over 38 towns in Vermont and neighboring New York state, and from 20 foreign countries. As of May 14, 2010, Long Trail School is the first school in Vermont to be officially inducted as an International Baccalaureate school.