Sylacauga Marble Operation, ca. 1930s

Workers feed slabs of marble through a polishing machine at Gantt's Quarry in Sylacauga, Talladega County. These slabs were then used as flooring and wall cladding, among other uses.

Marble mining operation in Sylacauga, Alabama, circa 1930s
Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
Marble mining operation in Sylacauga, Alabama, circa 1930s