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  • Marietta, Georgia – the Butler Marble and Granite Company Works – Circular Cut-Off Saw in Use, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp. 92. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)
    Plate XXIX. Circular cut-off in use at the Butler Marble and Granite Company’s works, Marietta, Georgia. Circular cut-off in use at the Butler Marble and Granite Company’s works, Marietta, Georgia (circa 1905)
  • Marietta, Georgia – the Georgia Marble Company Plant (Excerpt from Examples of Bank Work in Georgia Marble, Georgia Marble Company)
    The Georgia Marble Company plants at Tate, Nelson, and Marietta, Georgia, are slightly north of central Georgia. A circle with a radius of 1,000 miles covers practically all of eastern, central, southeastern, southwestern and Midwestern United States. Freight rates are equitable. A number of rail routes offer rapid service to all sections of the country. The ports of Savannah, Jackson and New Orleans are nearby and expedite foreign shipments and shipments to points where water rates are advantageous. (pp. 32) Georgia Marble Company plants at Tate, Nelson, and Marietta, Georgia, are slightly north of central Georgia (map)
    Airplane view of the Georgia Marble Company Plant, operated at Marietta, Georgia. Again you see a large stock of rough marble on hand ready for immediate use. As in all plants of the company, the most modern machinery is used and the most highly skilled operators are employed. There are many men in the service of the Georgia Marble Company who have been with the company practically since its formation over 40 years ago. (pp. 33) Airplane view of the Georgia Marble Company Plant, operated at Marietta, Georgia
  • Marietta, Georgia – The Kennesaw Marble Co. (Marble Dealers) (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 3.)

    The Kennesaw Marble Co., Marietta, Georgia.

    Georgia and Italian Marbles.

    Contractors for Fine Interior Marble Decorations, and Dealers in Sawed and Finished Monumental Work.

    • Marietta, Georgia – the Kennesaw Marble Company  (Advertisement from The Monumental News, April 1903, pp. 225)

      The Kennesaw Marble Co, Marietta, GA.
      Georgia and Italian Marbles
      Sawed stock and Finished Monumental Work
      Contractors for interior decoration in marble for buildings and mausoleums.

  • The Kennesaw Marble Co, Marietta, Georgia. Georgia and Italian Marbles (Advertisement from The Monumental News, April 1903, pp. 225) The Kennesaw Marble Co, Marietta, Georgia. Georgia and Italian Marbles (Advertisement from The Monumental News, April 1903, pp. 225)
    • Marietta, Georgia – the Kennesaw Marble Company Marble-Dressing Works (Marble), from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp. 74. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)
    Plate XXI. A view of the marble-dressing works of the Kennesaw Marble Company, near Marietta, Georgia, showing how large blocks of marble are easily handled with the derrick. A view of the marble-dressing works of the Kennesaw Marble Company, near Marietta, Georgia, showing how large blocks of marble are easily handled with the derrick (circa 1905)
      • Marietta, Georgia – the Kennesaw Marble Company  (Advertisement from The Monumental News, Vol. XXI, No. 1, January 1909, pp. 1) 

        The Kennesaw Marble Company, Marietta, Georgia
        The Home of Georgia Marble
        We are Headquarters for Georgia as well as Italian Marble in the South

        We have the best, most modernly equipped and conveniently located marble plant in the South, which, with our corps of experienced workmen, is at your service day and night…Send your orders for Georgia and Italian Marble to the Kennesaw Marble Co., Marietta, Georgia.

      Kennesaw Marble Company Advertisement from The Monumental News, January 1909, pp. 1 Kennesaw Marble Company Advertisement from The Monumental News, January 1909, pp. 1
    • Marietta, Georgia – the Kennesaw Marble Company  (Advertisement from The Monumental News, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, April 1909, pp. 285) 

      The Kennesaw Marble Company, Marietta, Georgia
      Try the Kennesaw Line (photo caption in ad)  “Our No. 1202 is a seller”

      Retail monument dealers who have been giving granite the preference are taking up Georgia Marble.  Why?  Because they recognize it is just as durable as granite; Looks just as well as granite and is easier to get and to work than granite.  Silver Gray Cherokee is one of our most popular grades.”

    The Kennesaw Marble Company, Marietta, Georgia, monument advertisement. Kennesaw Marble Company, Marietta, Georgia, monument advertisement, from The Monumental News, April 1909, pp. 285
    • Marietta, Georgia – the Kennesaw Marble Company – Yard & Plant  (from The Monumental News, Vol. XXI, No. 6, June 1909, pp. 502)

      “The Kennesaw Marble Co., Marietta Ga., have recently completed the installation of a twenty-five ton electric crane and runway, and are much better equipped to handle orders in record time.  Our illustration shows a partial view of the back yard of their big plant with the crane ready to do business.  The runway is all of steel 350 ft. long by 70 ft. wide, which gives them one of the finest travelers in the south.”

    Partial view of yard and plant of Kennesaw Marble Co., Marietta, Georgia.  Showing new crane and runway.” Partial view of yard and plant of Kennesaw Marble Co., Marietta, Georgia, from The Monumental News, June 1909, pp. 502
  • Marietta, Georgia – the McNeel Marble Company Marble Works (Marble), from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp. 78. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)
    Plate XXII. The marble works of the McNeel Marble Company, Marietta, Georgia. The marble works of the McNeel Marble Company, Marietta, Georgia (circa 1905)
  • Metcalf, Thomas County, Georgia – Sink in Chattahoochee Limestone (from A Report on the Limestones and Marls of the Coastal Plain of Georgia, Bulletin 21, 1910, by J. E. Brantly, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta, GA: The Blosser Co., 1916, pp. 240)
    Plate X. B. Sink in Chattahoochee Limestone, showing the limestone at edge of pond, Original Pond, 3 miles west of Metcalf, Thomas County. Sink in Chattahoochee Limestone, showing the limestone at edge of pond, Original Pond, 3 miles west of Metcalf, Thomas County, Georgia
  • Milledgeville (west of), Georgia – Lyell Gullies Cut by Erosion into the Residual Clay Resulting from the Weather of Granite Rocks, from A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Granites and Gneisses of Georgia, Bulletin No. 9-A, by Thomas L. Watson, Ph.D., Assistant Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 1902, pp. 320.

    “The Lyell Gullies, cut by erosion into the residual clay, resulting from the weather of granite rocks, four and a half miles west of Milledgeville, Georgia. In the early part of the nineteenth century, they were visited and subsequently described by Sir Charles Lyell, in his geological writings.”

    Lyell Gullies Cut by Erosion into the Residual Clay Resulting from the Weather of Granite Rocks in Georgia (circa 1902) Lyell Gullies Cut by Erosion into the Residual Clay Resulting from the Weather of Granite Rocks in Georgia (circa 1902)

    Plate XXXI. Fig. 1. & 2. Lyell Gullies Cut by Erosion into the Residual Clay Resulting from the Weather of Granite Rocks in Georgia (circa 1902)

  • Mineral Bluff (near), Fannin County, Georgia – A Marble Quarry near Mineral Bluff (Marble), from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)
    Plate V. A marble quarry near Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia. (pp. 30) A marble quarry near Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia (circa 1905)
    Plate XXXIII. No. 3 A microphotograph of light colored dolomite marble, from a quarry one mile east of Mineral Bluff, Fannin county, magnified fifty diameters. This is quite fine-grained, and has few impurities. (pp. 100) A microphotograph of light colored dolomite marble, from a quarry one mile east of Mineral Bluff, Fannin county, Georgia (circa 1905)

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