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Communties- Granville, New York

Granville NY has the only working Red Slate Quarries in the World!

Granville "The Colored Slate Capital of the World." In 1850 the first skilled slate workers were recruited from Northern Wales to extract the purple, green, red, and mottled slate from the rich veins on the outskirts of town. The milled slate is shipped nationwide.

Granville is located at the on the Vermont border on State Routes 22 and 22a.

For more information visit the Granville Chamber of Commerce Website at

http://www.granville-ny.com/

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