Monumental History: Stony Creek Granite Quarry Tour Set For Saturday

BRANFORD, CT — Some of the region, state, and nation's most important monuments, bridges, and building façades are built from the pink granite of Stony Creek.

This Saturday is your chance to learn more during a tour of the Stony Creek granite quarry.

Offered by Guilford Keeping Society and Stony Creek Museum, the tour on Saturday, Oct. 8 will be held at 10 a.m.

"The Stony Creek Museum celebrates the rich history of a Connecticut shoreline village, which grew out of the pink granite underlying its soil. The quarries in the area provided stone for the foundation of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and the façades of many Manhattan Skyscrapers. Immigrants arriving throughout the world to work the quarries formed a diverse and eclectic community."

Tickets are available at Page Hardware in Guilford, Taken for Granite, or at the quarry the day of the tour. The meeting point is 99 Quarry Road. Park in the quarry and not on the road. For more information, call (203) 488-4014 or (203) 453-2263.