Times Argus

Granite column The fine art of cutting granite with sand

Editor s note: This article, the latest in a monthly series on Vermont s granite industry, is provided courtesy of the Vermont Granite Museum. By PAUL WOOD Sandblasting is a common operation in the ...
Times Argus

Granite column Hard lessons in our quarries

Editor’s note: This article, the latest in a monthly series on Vermont’s granite industry, is provided courtesy of the Vermont Granite Museum. Many of these articles are based on audio/videotaped ...
Post and Courier

In 21 seconds, granite column that held John C. Calhoun above Charleston tumbled to ground

Marion Square shook Wednesday morning as a demolition crew pulled down the massive granite pillar that held a statue of John C. Calhoun over Charleston for over a century. In 21 seconds, Target ...
insider.si.edu

Damaged black-granite sphinx and granite column known as 'Pompey's pillar', Alexandria, Nile Delta region, Egypt

"The Serapeum, the most important temple of Serapis, was located in the native Egyptian quarter of Rakhotis. Evidently founded in the reign of Ptolemy III, much of the temple was constructed in the ...
The Providence Journal

Gravestones tell a lively story about Westerly granite on Amy Russo's cemetery tour

Reader, you may be one of a handful of folks who’ve written in the months since this column began to tell me the reason you’ve returned each week: It’s a contrast to the doom-and-gloom of the everyday ...
insider.si.edu

Granite column known as 'Pompey's pillar', Alexandria, Nile Delta region, Egypt

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "The Serapeum, the most important ...