ROCK OF AGES Granite Quarry - Barre, Vermont - Drone Video

Welcome to the world’s largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry. 600 feet deep and filled with milky-green water, there's still plenty to see above ground. You can tour the site, as a van takes visitors up the bumpy road overlooking the site. Once an operation of hundreds of men chipping away at the seemingly endless reserve is now manned by only seven people and a few massive machines. That van ride up to the overlook is passed countless piles of granite slabs, because quarry workers simply dump granite with fractures or cracks into sections called 'grout piles'. That term hales from the Scottish word for 'scrap', as most of the original workers from 1885 were from Scotland. These grout piles can be seen all over Barre, Vermont. After the ride, enjoy a self-guided tour of the granite plant, where you'll see MASSIVE blocks of granite moved, sliced, and polished. You'll even see some pieces engraved for gravesites, as the vast majority of American granite headstones are made right here. This place is definitely worth a visit.

[@fandango4273]

THE GREATEST GRANITE COMPANY IN THE WORLD!

[@adoringfamily]

Wow! That is incredible. The water is so blue! Pretty song.

[@freshishealthy]

Right? It's so gorgeous! I had no idea that this is how we get granite slabs!

[@mrs.d4167]

I love the beautiful water!😍

[@freshishealthy]

I do, too! Thanks for watching, Mrs. D!

[@vincentcappello6655]

I used to go her all the time as a. Child. Family from Groton VT and Williamstown. Graniteville also

[@CAF91060]

Looks more like Graniteville!

[@hopkinsfilms]

Would you be open to licensing some of this drone footage?

[@harlemhornet]

Very cool. Although I imagine that its illegal to jump off into the water, due to safety concerns and the fact its most likely not unrestricted to public access.. Do lots of people still find their way over and swim? If I was a teenager living around there I know I would be trying to sneak in and jump off into the water. lol. It's all fun until someone gets hurt.

[@freshishealthy]

Hahaha Well, HarlemHornet, I can imagine that would be crazy dangerous; but, I'd probably have been tempted to do it myself as a teen, too. Those waters look so cool! Thank you for subscribing to our channel and sharing with your friends!

[@timothyjerry1177]

You can run into jumping in and nailing abandoned equipment. I wouldn’t recommend jumping from those heights into unknown water.

[@tommymas1]

Correction in your description: most of the original workers came from Italy. There's even a monument in Barre town depicting the Italian stone workers there. Many of the headstones at Hope Cemetery have Italian names on them and several Italian stone workers started their own companies there. 🇮🇹🇮🇹