Marble Cliff Stone Quarry

The marble cliff quarry co headquartered in upper arlington ohio operated the largest limestone quarry in the united states from its opening in the mid 19th century until its sale in approximately 1985.

Marble cliff stone quarry.

Still in use today and at this time stretched all the way from the scioto river to. The marble cliff quarry metro park is one step closer to reality. 118 acres more to be exact. The influential kaufman family of the columbus area owned and operated this 2 000 acre 8 1 km 2 plus of property plus other mines and quarries in the united states and canada.

But today the quarry is more famous for its cold deep water than its vein of pearly marble. Stone carved from this site was used to build the new york public library and montreal museum of fine arts. Although they vary in color range and shape between the different quarries all of the chief cliff stones are very hard quartzites and argillites from a nearly 1 5 billion year old sedimentary deposit. For example one of the major uses for limestone quarried at marble cliff quarry in the 1950s was for use as flux to purify iron ore.

Now we ve got even more to be excited about. The proposed redevelopment of the 600 acre marble cliff quarry includes develop a 180 acre metro park with the development to sit on about 70 acres of land. 80 park drive thornville oh 43076. Columbus franklin county metro parks closed on the land adding it to the 62 acres purchased last year.

December 3 2016 by e3admin. Marble cliff is a village in franklin county ohio united states the population was 573 at the 2010 census. When metro parks first announced project qt last year everyone was pretty hyped. The proposed redevelopment of the 600 acre marble cliff quarry includes a columbus franklin county metro parks developed 180 acre park and neighboring mixed use development on about 70 acres of.

Ed beach 614 437 2325. Marble cliff was one of the first suburbs of columbus ohio settled as a community in 1890 and incorporated as the hamlet of marble cliff in 1901 it took its name from the marble cliff quarry co. From a multitude of limestone quarries came the stone blocks stone of various sizes down to gravel and limestone powder used in construction farming and chemical processes. Jay garrison 614 437 2311.

Chief cliff quarries the name chief cliff is loosely applied to a thick section of geologically related stones quarried in northwestern montana.