From mountain to statue: the Carrara marble quarries of ...
· One of the most dangerous jobs was to transport the marble from the quarry to the marina a few kilometres down. Marble blocks weighing 25 to 30 tons each had to be taken down a 70 to 80% slope on a sleigh that glided on wooden beams greased with soap! Hemp ropes were used to try and control the block by a dozen of men. Another two were rotating the beams from .