QUINCY (CBS) – You might have heard Quincy referred to as the "Granite City." The nickname is well earned. The city was once the center of the granite-mining industry in the country. "In 1909, 146 ...

The company that owns the Swenson Granite quarry in Concord says it plans to resume cutting slabs of stone there by next summer and in the meantime will continue processing material into smaller ...

Did you know that the Statue of Liberty’s platform is made of granite from right here in Connecticut? The granite is from the ...

Almost two years after being purchased by a Quebec firm, Concord’s iconic Swenson Granite Quarry has expanded operations slightly on Rattlesnake Hill, even as it starts reconfiguring its approach to ...

Quincy's mayor plans to move a historic granite house to the Quarry and Granite Workers Museum to save it from demolition. Historical Commission members suggested more visible locations and requested ...

In a 2018 photo, an overview of the deep 250-foot quarry area at Swenson Granite. It is time-consuming and expensive to move things and people into and out of a 250-foot hole. The difficulty isn’t ...