In the heart of Virginia Piedmont and just about 3 miles from the Walton's Mountain Museum is one of the last American Soapstone Quarries: Part of the Alberene Soapstone Quarries that started operations back in 1880's.
Visiting the area and these quarries is a magic experience and certainly a great source of history for a stone supply enterprise that used to employ more than 2000 workers at a time, have been owned by Americans, a Finnish Company and Canadians and that has provided stone for significant places like the Lincoln Sitting Room Fireplace in the White House.
Visiting the area and these quarries is a magic experience and certainly a great source of history for a stone supply enterprise that used to employ more than 2000 workers at a time, have been owned by Americans, a Finnish Company and Canadians and that has provided stone for significant places like the Lincoln Sitting Room Fireplace in the White House.
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| My first visit to the Old Dominion Quarry back in 2007 when it was being reactivated. Behind can be seen a bench freshly cut with its new Pellegrini Wire Saw at the time: It was the reborn of a classic. |