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    DANBY MARBLE FOR JFK MEMORIAL

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    By Marchen Skinner
    March 23, 1966

    Danby Imperial marble taken from Vermont Marble Company’s 15-acre underground quarry here has been selected for the John F. Kennedy graveside memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

    The monument with its presidential seal carved in relief is scheduled to be completed by Nov. 22, the anniversary of the late president’s death.
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    VERMONT MARBLE PARTS WITH ITS DANBY QUARRY

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    European Conglomerate Signs Long-Term Lease
    By Bruce Edwards

    Already a shadow of its former self, the 122-year-old Vermont Marble Co. on Wednesday announced that it had officially relinquished control over its best known and most valuable asset, the Imperial Quarry in Danby.
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    DANBY QUARRY IN ITS 85TH YEAR

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    By Jo-Anne Mackenzie

    “It wasn’t uncommon to see 100 men in this place 15 or 20 years ago,” said Butch Beckley of Danby. Beckley, a 21-year employee of the Vermont Marble Company in Danby, has seen a number of changes over the course of his employment and a reduction in personnel is one of them. The company now employs 22 men, scattered over three shifts, at the Danby quarry.
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    THE DANBY QUARRY

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    By Charles Leave

    Start with the statistics: The Danby Quarry covers 19 acres, all of it underground; it has been in operation since 1903, at one time employed close to 300 workers, ships out 200,000 cubic feet (36 million pounds) of marble a year; has a constant temperature range of 47 to 51 degrees, regardless of the outside weather, and a humidity level of 97 percent. The airshaft into the quarry is 468 feet long, seven feet wide and ten feet across. It was made by blasting from the bottom up.
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    DEEP IN DANBY WORKERS MINE THE WORLD’S LARGEST UNDERGROUND MARBLE QUARRY

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    By Bruce Edwards

    The back road off route 7 winds up the mountain just south of the village of Danby. A small sign that could easily be missed points the way to the destination.

    The road passes by a few isolated homes that at one time may have been “company homes.” A little bit farther a turn-off area is covered with crushed marble indicating to the visitor that he is near the end of his journey.