- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Granite
- Creator:
- Ouzts, Clay
- Date of Original:
- 2004-03-04
- Subject:
- Granite--Georgia
Granite industry and trade--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the granite industry in Georgia. Tucked away in the northeastern Georgia Piedmont between the Savannah and Broad rivers lies the city of Elberton, also known as the granite capital of the world. Currently, more than 150 sheds and manufacturing plants turn rough blocks of granite extracted from 45 area quarries into finished memorials, markers, and mausoleums. These granite products are subsequently shipped to customers all over the world. At least one monument or marker made from Elberton's granite has been placed in all fifty states; the granite is also found in several foreign countries. In recent years Elberton's stone industry has produced an average of 250,000 granite markers and monuments annually. In all, a total of 280 separate companies operated businesses in granite production or related services in Elberton in 2003.
GSE identifier: SS8E2 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/granite/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Granite," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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