Anyhoo, this strange place contains a marble quarry that produced the marble for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Lincoln Memorial, and various early skyscrapers and Gatsby-esque homes. The quarry was abandoned (I'm guessing that had something to do with the Depression), but is now back in service. The old quarry facilities are a sort of ghost town, and there are still big pieces of marble sitting around for the taking. The Lareaus have some cool new bookends. The Marble Carving Symposium is held here every year, so if you were wondering where you can go to develop those skills, now you know.
Sorry there are no people in these pictures. Quite frankly, I got lost.
There are massive pieces like this one (about 8ft x 5ft) all over the place in Marble, and in Redstone too. Sometimes they are carved, sometimes they're just marked by the devices used to extract them (drills? dynamite?). It was funny to see beautiful sculptures plopped unceremoniously on the side of the road. Apparently the folks that come to the Symposium every year are prolific, and there's plenty to go around!
Remnant of the marble mill.
Door in the firewall of the mill.
Tiny window in the firewall? Yall come back soon for pictures of people instead of rocks.
1 comment:
kinda looks tuscan or greek, don't it? hope to get there some day.
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