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2. North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex - Wikipedia

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   North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex is a historic granite quarry and national historic district located at Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 22 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 8 contributing structures in an area approximately one mile long and 1/3 mile wide.

3. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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   This is the world's largest "deep hole" granite quarry. It produces Devonian Barre granite. Graniteville is home of its owner, the 1885-founded Rock of Ages Corporation, since 2016 part of Polycor, Inc., the largest producer of marble and granite in North America. Quarrying continues, and the quarry may be visited by the public.

4. Granite Quarry, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   Soon after the town's incorporation, however, problems arose with mail delivery, since there was already another town in North Carolina named Woodsides. Because of this, in 1902, the post office changed its name to Granite Quarry, after the stone quarried in the area. The town's name was not officially changed until February 5, 1905. [4]

5. A hard stop: No more granite from Granite State - AOL

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   The Swensons purchased their first quarry in Hollis in 1885, and the granite quarry in Concord in 1904. A turn-of-the-century photograph shows a horse-drawn wagon hauling a load of granite.

6. Flat Rock, Surry County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   Flat Rock is a census-designated place (CDP) in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.The name "Flat Rock" stems from the community's granite quarry. The granite quarry is the largest open-face granite quarry in the world, and has been mined continuously since 1889 by the North Carolina Granite Corporation.

7. Wright Brothers National Memorial - Wikipedia

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   In the end, 1,200 tons (1.1 million kg) of granite, more than 2,000 tons (1.8 million kg) of gravel, more than 800 tons (730,000 kg) of sand and almost 400 tons (360,000 kg) of cement were used to build the structure, along with numerous other materials. It is constructed of granite mined at the North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex.

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9. National Register of Historic Places listings in Surry County ...

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   Map showing Surry County in North Carolina. This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table ...