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Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.

The Successors of Imhotep

Record #:
31125
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Abstract:
For 73 years, American granite has been quarried and shaped in Mount Airy, North Carolina for buildings, bridges, and memorials throughout the United States. The North Carolina Granite Corporation has pushed ahead with modern machines and methods quarrying and cutting Mount Airy granite, considered one of two best known building granites in the country.
Source:
We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 20 Issue 6, November 1962, p133, 168-169, por