Marble Cliff Quarry Co.

Limestone was mined through the simple process of drilling and blasting and resulted in either blocks or crushed stone of various sizes.

[2] The company grew through the expansion of stone grades from one to six and market-specific divisions that cater their products to specific industries, and at one point employed as many as 500 men.

[4][3] By 1928, Marble Cliff Quarry was producing 3 million tons of stone per year, and purchased land in Muskingum County to expand their operations in road material.

[5] In 1985, the Kaufmans sold the 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) quarry to investors who filled in and developed the quarry for residential use, including Marble Cliff Commons[6][2][3] apartments and Marble Cliff Crossing, a 100 single-family and 60 double-family subdivision built between 1998 and 2003.

[7] The northern section of the original quarry remained in operation by American Aggregates Co.[8][9] In 2017, Wagenbrenner Development purchased a 560-acre (230 ha) section of the former quarry, with the intention of remediating the site's brownfields to create a mixed-use development and the region's 20th Metro Park.