ages granite quarry viewed from an observation platform during a factory tour . rock of ages granite shed rock of ages corporation is a granite quarrying and finishing company located in graniteville vermont . it was founded in 1885 . the company was one of the cemetery related businesses profiled in the 2005 pbs documentary a cemetery special . 1 the company employs around 230 people and the company made a profit of around 800 000 in 2009 on revenues of 21.6 million up from a loss of more than 2 million in 2008 . 2 on 19 october 2010 swenson granite based in concord new hampshire announced that it and rock of ages had agreed to merge . 2 swenson paid rock of ages shareholders a total of 39 million . 2 roac maintains the world s largest deep hole granite quarry . 3 4 5 6 7 the quarry is called the e. l. smith quarry and the devonian barre granite is mined there . granite was originally quarried using primitive techniques which implemented hand saws and explosive charges to blast away the benches of the quarry . modern techniques have evolved to include diamond tipped wire saws and water jets . visitors to the rock of ages factory and gift shop can also watch quarriers in the quarry cutting the granite away from the quarry wall . 8 notable works edit united states korean war memorial united nations memorial cemetery busan south korea a frank gaylord sculpture carved from barre granite and dedicated under the auspices of the american battle monuments commission in 2013 . 9 10 11 rock of ages panorama references edit pbs.org a b c swenson granite to buy rock of ages in cash deal for 39 million . vermont business magazine . 9 october 2010 . retrieved 20 october 2010 . roadsideamerica.com central vt.com vermonter.com linkvermont.com vermontguides.com tours and activities rock of ages corporation . rockofages.com . retrieved on 2014 04 12 . dedication of the u.s. korean war memorial in busan south korea on july 28 . events . american battle monuments commission . 22 july 2013 . this is the third memorial commemorating the korean war created by abmc . korean war monument at busan delcore david september 28 2013 . barre granite is new unique memorial in south korea . vermont today . rutland herald . external links edit official website wikimedia commons has media related to rock of ages corporation . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rock of ages corporation & oldid 742905859 categories granite companiesmining in vermontquarries in the united statescompanies based in vermontbarre town vermontnon renewable resource companies established in 18851885 establishments in vermonthidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages simple english edit links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 15 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view