Block being loaded on a transport truck. Note that the block has been washed before loading.
These two images show the size of individual quarried blocks. They are being loaded on a flat bed truck
Blocks are sprayed with water while being loaded to clean them. Each of the blocks weighs between 36,000 and 38,000 pounds. Each is placed in a container for loading on a container vessel for overseas ocean transport.
About 80 percent of these blocks are shipped overseas. The Port of Savannah, Georgia is the port most commonly used to export these blocks.
Pink granite from the Salisbury area loaded on a transport truck.