Lee Marble Quarry

Lee marble quarries lee berkshire co massachusetts usa old postcard view.

Lee marble quarry.

In its heyday the gettysburg quarry was a. Buildings constructed of lee marble include a wing of the capitol in washington 250 sculptures adorning philadelphia city hall 4 general grant national memorial tomb and st. This marble quarry in the berkshire mountains near lenox was the source of the marble used in the wings of the u s. In 1867 almost 500 000 cubic feet 14 000 m 3 of marble was excavated and shipped on the housatonic railroad.

Capitol building in washington dc and in other government buildings in pennsylvania and massachusetts. Henry minot view count. Msha records show this site as abandoned in 1990 mdrs mine id. Lee marble quarry massachusetts show on map most of the mining in massachusetts is for gravel and quarried stone.

When it shut down everything was abandoned the quarry filled with water and rumors of ghosts abounded. Supplied marble for the capitol at washington dc and for the philadelphia city hall. The first quarry was established in 1852. View our huge selection of granite marble travertine limestone soapstone ceramic tile glass tile quartz and much more.

This sample is a fine grained marble the texture is granoblastic with random grain orientation. Twinning of calcite dolomite is common lamellae mostly follow rhomb edges one instance of a bisected obtuse angle indicating dolomite also noted. We supply a tremendous variety of materials along with top quality service and consultation to contractors builders and homeowners. The former chester hudson granite quarry operated from the 1860 s to the 1960 s.

Photo 1053 x 666 pixels 0 7 mpix marble quarry pre 1908. Hike the gettysburg quarry trail to uncover a long forgotten secret of the past. The becket land trust s brochure is quite accurate when it mentions that it looks like the workers dropped what they were doing went to lunch and never. See reviews photos directions phone numbers and more for the best quarries in lee ma.

Maximum grain size is near 1 mm minimum is 1 mm and the modal size is approximately 35 to 5 mm.