Sylacauga Marble Festival 2017

The vein of the marble is some 32 miles long 1 mile wide and 400.

Sylacauga marble festival 2017. The quarry was formed some five hundred million years ago. Exhibits from omya imerys and sylacauga marble company will also be on display. Listed below is the schedule of events. Ted spears is excited about this year s festival.

The annual festival which began on april 4 concludes on april 15. It is prized for its pure white color and its crystalline structure. Hours are 9 00 a m. This video is unavailable.

The sylacauga marble festival 2019 celebrates its 11th birthday and the state s 200th birthday. Sylacauga is a city in talladega county alabama united states. Marble festival chairman dr. Magic of marble festival 2017 day 5 4 8 2017.

Daybreak w city of sylacauga mayor jim heigl 04 29 2020 duration. Magic of marble festival 2017 day 5 4 8 2017. This was discovered shortly after settlers moved into the area and has been. The marble city is constructed on a solid deposit of the hardest whitest marble in the world.

Sylacauga is known for its fine white marble bedrock. Sylacauga marble also commonly known as alabama marble is a marble that is found in a belt running through talladega county alabama. The mission of the sylacauga marble festival is to recreate the magic of marble through. Free quarry tours are also offered during the festival.

The sylacauga marble festival is held annually in sylacauga alabama. Sylacauga marble has been called the world s whitest. At the 2010 census the population was 12 749. Alabama s native marble is nearly pure calcite and is similar to that of carrera marble found in italy.

Nicknames for sylacauga include the marble city the cog and alabama s best kept secret. The stone is named after the town of sylacauga alabama which is sometimes called the marble city. The 9th annual marble city festival sylacauga alabama celebrated by imerys carbonates on april 4 5th. Sylacauga at its tuesday night meeting the city council is going to consider funding the 2017 magic of marble festival.

Alongside local businesses and schools imerys participated with on site presentations on marble and calcium carbonate formation the equipment used in mining the product and how it is used in consumer and industrial applications every day.