At about 165 pounds per cubic foot, granite stones also were used as weights in cheese presses or on the back of snow rollers. A stone suspended from a rope was sometimes used as a gate closer.

This is the latest in a monthly column on central Vermont's granite industry by the Vermont Granite Museum. Abenaki Indians were probably the first to use Barre granite. In their treks between Lake ...

Matt Otto, a landscaper, uses a small sledgehammer to split a large piece of granite stone with wedges and feathers at one of his storage locations. After pre-drilling the stones, the wedge and ...