Fletcher Granite

6/1/2004

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	Fletcher Granite has been at the forefront of granite fabrication from its very beginnings.
	1948- Develops first quarry wire saw and ten wire saw for production of curbing slab directly in the quarry.
	1950- Works with Park Tool Company, to develop first straight splitter to produce curb.
	1965- Develops a joint cutting saw for straight curb.
	1970- Develops a lifting pin for quarrying blocks and curb slabs.
	1972- Invents first splitter to split radius curb.
	1973- Develops saw to produce inlets.
	1993- Developed a high pressure, environmentally safe, water jet for extracting blocks from the quarry.
	2000- Develops splitter for tight radius curb.
	2004- Develops multi-diamond wire quarry saw for the production of curbing slab directly in the quarry.