Abandoned....
Another shot from the old Phenix Quarry. The little town of Phenix was a ghost town by the 1970s, and this home was left behind. Only a few other buildings are left on the property now. "Production ground to a halt during the Great Depression and the railroad track that carried the material to market was abandoned. During World War II, much of the iron equipment was requisitioned and scrapped to provide raw material for the war effort. After the war, the American market was flooded by marble returning from Europe on ships that were supplying the rebuilding efforts; European industry and agriculture had been decimated, and raw materials like stone were the only products available for trade.
The Phenix Marble Quarry did reopen under the management of the Vermont Marble Company and briefly resumed quarrying and shipping stone, but it never regained its previous status. Between the end of WWII and the 1970s, Phenix material was marketed as “Carthage Stone”, because it was processed at a facility in Carthage, Missouri. By the 1970s, Phenix was largely a ghost town."
Abandoned....
Another shot from the old Phenix Quarry. The little town of Phenix was a ghost town by the 1970s, and this home was left behind. Only a few other buildings are left on the property now. "Production ground to a halt during the Great Depression and the railroad track that carried the material to market was abandoned. During World War II, much of the iron equipment was requisitioned and scrapped to provide raw material for the war effort. After the war, the American market was flooded by marble returning from Europe on ships that were supplying the rebuilding efforts; European industry and agriculture had been decimated, and raw materials like stone were the only products available for trade.
The Phenix Marble Quarry did reopen under the management of the Vermont Marble Company and briefly resumed quarrying and shipping stone, but it never regained its previous status. Between the end of WWII and the 1970s, Phenix material was marketed as “Carthage Stone”, because it was processed at a facility in Carthage, Missouri. By the 1970s, Phenix was largely a ghost town."