To make a world-class product you have to have world-class raw materials and a highly skilled workforce. Vermont is blessed with having Barre gray granite, an outstanding rock for making sculptures.

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If one’s final earthly travel destination is a graveyard, then the penultimate stop might well be Barre, Vt., the self-proclaimed “granite center of the world.” Here, in the scenic foothills of the ...

Vermont's Northeast Kingdom ranks high on the most picturesque areas of Vermont from the beauty of Lake Willoughby in Westmore to the historic town of Peacham and the depth of the granite quarries in ...

330 million years ago: Barre granite was formed. Late 1700s/early 1800s: Stone masons (often part-time farmers) split granite boulders into foundation stones, steps, sills, lentils, hearthstones and ...

BARRE, Vt. — Giuliano Cecchinelli, a beret and a beard framing his expressive face, drove a chisel into Barre Gray granite as he shaped a religious sculpture for a large cemetery monument. Dust puffed ...

ELMORE — As one of the oldest professions, grain-milling has undergone many revolutions over the years. The latest one is underway in a shed next to the bread bakery that Andrew Heyn and Blair Marvin ...

CONCORD, N.H. — The Granite Group, a supplier of plumbing, heating, cooling, piping, water systems, and energy products in the Northeast, opened its newest branch in Manchester, Vermont. The branch ...

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