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The Woodbury Granite Company (WGC) was a producer of rough and finished granite products. Incorporated in 1887, purchased and significantly reorganized in 1896, and expanded by merger in 1902 and thereafter, the company operated quarries principally in Woodbury, Vermont, but its headquarters and stone-finishing facilities were located in nearby Hardwick.
The Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad (H&WRR, or H&W) was a short-line railroad serving the towns of Hardwick and Woodbury, Vermont.Built to serve the local granite industry by bringing rough stone from the quarries to the cutting-houses, the railroad was about 7 miles (11 km) long, plus leased track, extended to about 11 miles (18 km) at its greatest extent.
Charles H. Heath, President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate [10] Charles Webster Leonard, businessman in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York City who was an executive with the Woodbury Granite Company [11] Bob Smith, Major League Baseball pitcher, born in Woodbury [12]
A 48-year-old Granite City man died when his SUV left the roadway and hit an overpass in Granite City, the Madison County coroner said Wednesday.. Robert D. Wallace was pronounced dead at the ...
Barre City: 7: Beck and Beck Granite Shed: ... Barre City: Now the Vermont Granite Museum. 25: ... Woodbury Graded School: September 30, 1993 ...
By 1906, 1,200 people were employed in the industry, which was led by the Woodbury Granite Company. Buildings around the country made with Hardwick granite include the Pennsylvania State Capitol, Chicago City Hall, and the 1914 Post Office in Washington, D.C., as well as numerous city halls and custom houses. [10]
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With the Holden-Leonard & Company running smoothly, in July 1896 John S. Holden, Charles W. Leonard and George H. Bickford purchased the undeveloped Woodbury Granite Company in Woodbury, Vermont, and supplied numerous government buildings with Woodbury Grey that included Chicago City Hall, Cook County Courthouse in Chicago, the Pennsylvania ...