When it became too crowded some of us would go up to the upper quarry to get away.
Marble quarry vermont swimming.
Here are 19 vermont swimming holes that will make for a fantastic summer.
A spring and nearby stream filled the excavation with water and the swimming hole was born.
During the 20s and 30s local children shared the swimming hole with adults hot after a day spent in the fields.
First opened in 1785 as america s first marble quarry it suppled.
The quarry shut down around 1917 and when a stream filled it with water it became a popular swimming spot.
Lucky for us vermont is filled with some pretty awesome swimming holes that are fun free and fantastic.
See how many you can find.
Beautiful quarry filled with fresh clean water.
The norcross west marble quarry is one of the oldest marble quarries in the the united states.
The norcross west quarry in full operation circa 1910.
During the warm summer months vermonters are looking for ways to cool down.
I started swimming there at the age of twelve.
The first marble quarry in the us.
There are a few very interesting sculptures carved into the marble.
Very popular and well known local swimming place.
Marble carved from the site was used to build the new york public library the montreal museum of fine arts and the harvard medical school buildings.
First mined in 1785 the stone from the country s oldest commercial marble quarry was used to build the main branch of the new york public library and the montreal museum of fine arts.
And the story behind this epic swimming hole is pretty well epic.
The quarry as it was known had no shallow area.
It is a magnificent place know as a swimming hole surrounded by huge rocks of marble the place is breathtaking.
On the hottest saturday of the summer there would maybe be twenty to thirty local kids there.
Lots of cliffs to jump from.
Located along route 30 in dorset vt.
It was sink or swim thus only good swimmers would go there.
However the use of inexpensive concrete slowed the demand for marble and the quarry was shut about 1917.
Cliffjumping at dorset quarry and warren falls.