Mount Airy White Granite Quarry

It is the brightest white most uniform most available highest quality and greatest value granite you will find.

Mount airy white granite quarry. We make no bones about this either white mount airy granite is the premier white granite in the world bar none. If you re going to mt airy it s worth the extra miles to go see the granite quarry called flat rock. In 1889 the north carolina granite corporation was formed on the site of the world s largest open faced granite quarry now known as white mount airy granite. Quarrying began in 1743 it has been designated the world s largest open faced quarry however this is open to question since it seems to be a self appointed designation and at 1 2 mile x 1 mile we feel sure there are much larger quarries.

It s a huge quarry but unlike other rock quarries that seem to go deep into the ground this one is almost completely flat. The rock made mount airy famous before mayberry did. The rock is a mammoth granite quarry east of town. Compressive strength astm c170.

World s largest open face granite quarry mount airy nicknamed the granite city is home to the largest open face granite quarry in the world. Only one can be the best of the best for over 125 years that is white mount airy granite. The company has been in continuous operation since that time and has evolved into one of the most dependable best known quarrier and fabricator of stone products in the us. There are larger pit quarries throughout the world but no larger open face quarries.

It is a scientific wonder and its owners have mined it for 120 years pulling some of the finest white granite in the world granite they sold to build buildings and war memorials all across the country. Close into town we saw the entrance to the quarry by this time it was after 5 and the site was closed.