Vermont's Marble Industry (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (902 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738598194 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
During the late 1800s, the marble industry flourished and the mighty Vermont Marble Company was started by a local family. Vermont’s Marble Industry proudly tells the history of the marble workers, their skilled craftsmanship, and the communities that relied on this industry.. After World War II, demand for blocks of heavy dimension stone diminished and the slow demise of the Vermont Marble Company began. Vermont’s Marble Industry takes readers deep inside the quarries of the Green Mountain State to show how stone was sawed and raised from the earth to be cut, polished, and carved into monuments and structures that today are spread across the country. They hired immigrant workers to fuel the company, and the region became a melting pot of nationalities. The marble deposits in Vermont are some of the richest in the world. The patriarch of the Proctor family built the Vermont Marble Company into the largest stone company in the world
Immortalized in Stone Plume45 This monograph from the Images of America Series chronicles in pictorial detail the story of an enduring New England industry, whose finished products spanned America and grace our nation’s capital. After a concise 3-page introduction the author provides readers with 127 pages of . Marble Industry RAM3XS Excellent historical coverage of Vermont's most critical industry in earlier times. A good historical read. You will certainly enjoy it.
. About the Author Catherine Miglorie is a resident of Proctor and the second author of a local history series, Marble Minutes. She culled images from the Proctor Historical Society’s extensive archives to chronicle the vibrant history of the Vermont marble industry
She culled images from the Proctor Historical Society’s extensive archives to chronicle the vibrant history of the Vermont marble industry. . Catherine Miglorie is a resident of Proctor and the second author of a local history series, Marble Minutes