In a 2018 photo, an overview of the deep 250-foot quarry area at Swenson Granite. It is time-consuming and expensive to move things and people into and out of a 250-foot hole. The difficulty isn’t ...

An evocative dance film set in Vermont, in one of the oldest granite quarries in the world. Six years in the making, The Quarry Project was a dance/theater performance that took place on the waters of ...

Jul. 5—CONCORD — It seems unthinkable that a time would come when the Granite State no longer produces granite. But last month, the last commercial granite quarry in New Hampshire was quietly shut ...

Based on the book "Built from Stone: The Westerly Granite Story," CARVED FROM STONE: LEGACY OF A GRANITE TOWN shows Westerly granite as the "gold standard," with hundreds of blacksmiths, carvers, ...

In a recent drive up Rattlesnake Hill, Kurt Swenson found the quarry he once owned eerily quiet. Gone were the employees who sliced blocks of stone from walls a hundred-plus feet down from the edge, a ...

This is the latest in a series of monthly columns on central Vermont's granite industry provided by the Vermont Granite Industry of Barre. New England farmers often split granite from surface boulders ...

Quincy's mayor plans to move a historic granite house to the Quarry and Granite Workers Museum to save it from demolition. Historical Commission members suggested more visible locations and requested ...

This is the latest in a series of monthly columns on central Vermont's granite industry provided by the Vermont Granite Industry of Barre. New England farmers often split granite from surface boulders ...