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  2. Portland Cement Works Precinct - Wikipedia

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    In 1824 "Portland Cement" was developed in England by Joseph Aspdin, who named it after a pale grey coloured rock associated with Portland, England. Portland Cement is made by mixing limestone or chalk with either clay or shale in the right proportions and burning the mixture at 1,400-1,500 degrees Celsius, a point where the mix begins to fuse.

  3. Limestone - Wikipedia

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    Limestone (calcium carbonate CaCO 3) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of CaCO 3. Limestone forms when these minerals precipitate out of water containing dissolved calcium. This can take place ...

  4. List of tallest buildings in Hobart - Wikipedia

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    Floors Year Purpose Address Notes 1 Wrest Point Casino hotel tower 73 m (240 ft) 19 1973 Hotel 410 Sandy Bay Road Designed by Sir Roy Burman Grounds and the tallest building in the state of Tasmania. 2 Royal Hobart Hospital K Block 68.5 m (225 ft) 10 2020 Hospital Campbell Street The tallest building within the Hobart CBD. 3 NAB House

  5. Lime-ash floor - Wikipedia

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    Lime-ash floors were an economic form of floor construction from the 15th century to the 19th century, for upper floors in parts of England where limestone or chalk were easily available. They were strong, flexible, and offered good heat and sound insulation .

  6. List of heritage places in York, Western Australia - Wikipedia

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    A timber framed corrugated iron clad awning sits above the front room windows. Rendered decorative recesses are located under the verandah in the front wall. A limestone retaining wall with a timber picket fence creates a courtyard in front of the house and limestone and brickpaved steps lead from the footpath to the verandah.

  7. Geology of Tasmania - Wikipedia

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    Gravity and magnetic studies indicate that this sort of dolomite (dense and non-magnetic) underlies Hobart and Bruny Island in a north–south strip, and also in a region west of Hobart. The Cape Sorell Block is a region of metamorphosed sediments from the Mesoproterozoic, to the south of the west end of Macquarie Harbour.

  8. Mole Creek - Wikipedia

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    They quarry and process limestone to make quicklime and hydrated lime. As of 2007 they employed 28 people at Mole Creek [ 63 ] Mole Creek is well known for its honey and accounts for about 35 percent of Tasmania's honey production including Leatherwood honey—a noted monofloral honey —which is unique to Tasmania and sold internationally.

  9. Hobart - Wikipedia

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    Hobart's largest arthouse cinema, the State Cinema in North Hobart, was established as the North Hobart Picture Palace in 1913. It was acquired by the Reading Cinemas chain in 2019. [ 109 ] Located in New Town , the Rewind Cinema, formerly the Hidden Theatre, is housed in a 19th-century convict-built structure.

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