"The Manchester, Dorset and Granville Railroad (locally known as the Mud, Dirt and Gravel line) was incorporated in 1902, to transport marble from the west valley quarries to the mill in Manchester Deport. The first train ran the 5.09 miles to Manchester Depot in 1904. Demand for marble decreased after the completion of the New York library in 1911, and the railroad never was completed past the Norcross-West Quarry in South Dorset."
“The Norcross-West Marble Co.’s Valley quarry is a mile north-northwest of South Dorset village, and about 2 ½ miles S. 79° W. from the top of Green Peak, the southern outlier of Dorset Mountain, in the southwestern part of Dorset Township. (See map of Equinox quadrangle, U. S. Geol. Survey, and geologic map, Pl. I.)" N 43.23626 W 73.08286
http://wikimapia.org/6777259/Norcross-W ... ble-Quarry
http://www.historicalpages.com/pdfs/Dorset427.pdf
http://www.nyysa.com/archive/code/doSea ... &x=10&ao=0 Built: Taunton 32 June/1849
Marble MD & G Railroad Abutments
Dorset, VT 05251
About halfway down the slope from Rte 30 are marble blocks somewhat camouflaged in foliage which are the remains of abutments for a trestle crossing of the small gully by the Manchester, Dorset and Granville Rail Road.
Disused Inclined Railway
Dorset, VT 05251
An inclined rail line, powered by gravity, provided for transport of marble from the quarries above the main rail line in the valley below, and later to the Freedley marble mill. The vertical difference from the quarry to the millsite is 1200 feet.