Opened in 1790, the Freedley Marble Quarry was made by tunneling into the side of a mountain. The cave is approximately 200 x 600 feet. Marble harvested from here was used in the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Riverside Drive in New York City. Freedley marble was also used in the constructed of the Drexel Building on the southest corner of Wall and Broad Streets in Manhattan. The Drexel building was purchased by J.P. Morgan in 1912 and demolished so he could build his own structure on that site.
Now abandoned, the quarry is partially flooded. In winter, locals ice skate there because the ice is very smooth. In places, the ice is as clear as glass and you can see old pulleys and other apparatus from the mining days. Unfortunately, the site has been vandalized over the years with graffiti.
