While Maine's pegmatite can be prettier and may become the state's official rock, its tougher cousin, granite, has been creating and beautifying buildings and monuments across the country for centuries.
300 feet: Depth of deepest granite quarry in the U.S. (Barre, Vermont) 72 feet: Length of longest sheets of granite quarried in the U.S. (Vinalhaven) 1902: Year in which Maine ranked No. 1 in granite production in the U.S. 4,500: Number of quarrymen working on the coast of Maine that year 4: Number of men […]
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