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  2. Cobblestone architecture - Wikipedia

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    Cobblestone architecture refers to the use of cobblestones embedded in mortar as method for erecting walls on houses and commercial buildings. It was frequently used in the northeastern United States and upper Midwest in the early 19th century; the greatest concentration of surviving cobblestone buildings is in New York State, generally near ...

  3. Cobblestone - Wikipedia

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    Cobblestone is a natural building material based on cobble-sized stones, and is used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings. Setts , also called Belgian blocks, are often referred to as "cobbles", [ 1 ] although a sett is distinct from a cobblestone by being quarried and shaped into a regular form, while cobblestones are naturally occurring ...

  4. Sett (paving) - Wikipedia

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    Laying setts in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2013 Setts in pallet collars. A sett, also known as a block or Belgian block, [1] is a broadly rectangular quarried stone used in paving roads and walkways.

  5. List of cobblestone streets - Wikipedia

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    Cleaning a cobblestone street in Oaxaca. Cobblestones are natural stones, irregular in shape and size. Cobblestones are natural stones, irregular in shape and size. A sett block, sometimes mistakenly referred to as a cobble, but distinguished by being quarried & carved rather than naturally occurring, and being of regular size and rectangular ...

  6. Texture (geology) - Wikipedia

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    In geology, texture or rock microstructure [1] refers to the relationship between the materials of which a rock is composed. [2] The broadest textural classes are crystalline (in which the components are intergrown and interlocking crystals), fragmental (in which there is an accumulation of fragments by some physical process), aphanitic (in which crystals are not visible to the unaided eye ...

  7. Cobbled classics - Wikipedia

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    Tom Boonen is the only rider to win all cobbled classics in 1 season (2012) The first race with cobbled sections is Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, which traditionally opens the Belgian classics season, followed the next day by Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne.

  8. Texture (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    The bumpy texture of tactile paving.. The physical texture, also known as actual texture or tactile texture, refers to the patterns of variations found on a solid surface. . These can encompass a wide range of materials, including but not limited to fur, canvas, wood grain, sand, leather, satin, eggshell, matte, or smooth surfaces like metal or g

  9. Cobblestone Records - Wikipedia

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    Cobblestone Records was an American jazz record label founded by Joe Fields in New York City in 1972. [1]Cobblestone had two successive incarnations. The earlier was in 1968–69 as a singles label, subsidiary of Buddah Records.