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Abstract:
Approximately one mile long and 1,800 feet wide, the quarry at Mount Airy, the world's largest open-faced granite quarry, has provided stone for notable monuments and structures nationwide. The quarry has been worked for 120 years, and there is enough granite there for another 500 years.