About
Stony Creek Quarry
With
over 150 years of experience, the new era of Stony
Creek Granite continues to set new precedents communicating
your vision to future generations of history and
tradition.
Corporate
offices are located at 7 Business Park Drive in
Branford, Connecticut, at exit 56 of I-95, within
a 90-minute travel radius of New York, Boston, Providence,
Hartford, Springfield and Worcester.
GPS = 41°17'45.91" N 72°46'04.80"
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Stony
Creek Granite is quarried within the secluded Stony
Creek preserve south of I-95.
About
The Stone
Geologically, Stony Creek granite traces its distinctive
qualities back 600 million years to a unique progression
of dynamic Earth processes operating at intense
pressures and temperatures of over 1300°F within
ancient mountain belts. The igneous rock was formed
over 600 million years ago by the gradual cooling
and solidification of magma into an enormous plutonic
mass underlying what was once the Connecticut River
basin as it emptied into Long Island Sound. The
"long water" river shifted eastward since
the last ice age, exposing the luxurious pink granite
throughout the remaining Stony Creek and Thimble
Islands region.
