Largest Granite Quarry Scotland

There are larger pit quarries throughout the world but no larger open face quarries.

Largest granite quarry scotland.

By the newsroom wednesday 20th january 2010 12 00 am. Super quarry glensanda marks 30 years of shipping. It is europe s largest manmade hole a water filled quarry that provided the stone that made aberdeen the granite city. It has an annual production capacity in excess of 9 million tonnes and a massive 760 million tonnes reserve of granite.

24th august 2016 23rd august 2016. Here nick witnesses a 130 000 ton explosion leaving the geographer with mixed feelings. Glensanda is the flagship site of construction materials producer and supplier aggregate industries and the largest granite quarry in europe exporting to markets all across northern europe. Mount airy nicknamed the granite city is home to the largest open face granite quarry in the world.

Glensanda is the flagship site of construction materials producer and supplier aggregate industries and the largest granite quarry in europe exporting to northern europe.