There's some fine photos in that album LAP. :thumbsup:

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They're mining marble underground?! Sure looks like it:

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I'm always fascinated by how regular the working faces can be, e.g.:

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I suspect the material must lend itself to being working in this way?

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Looks a bit different in 1902.

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Regarding the working. The Republic Marble Quarry in tennessee early last century. Similar?

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Hey;
I know it's amazing how Marble can be quarried with such regular looking working faces, those underground workings have almost perfectly cut walls.
If you look at the area in Italy the whole are of mountains looks white due to marble quarrying.

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If you found the Carrera quarry interesting might be worth a look the marble quarries and workshops of Pietrasanta.

http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/mich/pietrasanta-20nov98/pietrasanta-20nov98.html 

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Interesting site Carnkie, thanks.

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I believe it is cut with diamond encrusted wire saws.
Things have become harder in Carrara as they now have to pay an enviromental tax.
Having been in one of these quarries, sunglasses are a must!

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spot on the ball ..... it is cut with a wire saw .......

this method is by far the most cost effective way of working. As it generates minimal waste and cause little or no damage to ajacent rock as you get with ye old traditional quarry methods

I think there are similar machines to the ones I saw in Menorca which can use diamond saws to cut out blocks in Marble. I found an advert on the web for an Italian firm which makes them. Although looking at the photos, the rock in them looks more like limestone or sandstone. (Can't find the actual page now - but these are couple of the images)

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Very interesting are the steam driven hammer channeling machines used by the american quarries prior to electricity.
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Cheers

Grahami

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quarry saw

some more underground carrara
http://www.strahlen.org/vp/it/cavadivarabassa/ 

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