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2. Coping (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   A splayed or wedge coping is one that slopes in a single direction; a saddle coping slopes to either side of a central high point. [ 2 ] Coping may be made of stone (capstone), brick , clay or terracotta , concrete or cast stone , tile , slate , wood, thatch , or various metals, including aluminum , copper , stainless steel , steel , and zinc ...

3. Pavers (flooring) - Wikipedia

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   Pavers manufactured from concrete go well with flag, brick and concrete walkways or patios. Concrete pavers may be used where winter temperatures dip below freezing. They are available in hole, x-shape, y-shape, pentagon, polygon and fan styles. An interlocking concrete paver, also known as a segmental paver, is a type of paver.

4. Vulcan Materials Company - Wikipedia

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   In the late 1980s Vulcan acquired Reed Crushed Stone, near Kentucky. [3] [4] On November 16, 1998, Vulcan announced it was purchasing CalMat Company, a producer of asphalt and ready-mixed concrete based in Los Angeles, for $760 million in cash. [5]

5. Rubble trench foundation - Wikipedia

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   Drainage tile, graded 1":8' to daylight, is then placed at the bottom of the trench in a bed of washed stone protected by filter fabric. The trench is then filled with either screened stone (typically 1-1/2") or recycled rubble. A steel-reinforced concrete grade beam may be poured at the surface to provide ground clearance for the structure.

6. Sett (paving) - Wikipedia

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   A sett, also known as a block or Belgian block, [1] is a broadly rectangular quarried stone used in paving roads and walkways. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Formerly in widespread use, particularly on steeper streets because setts provided horses' hooves with better grip than a smooth surface, they are now encountered more usually as decorative stone paving in ...

7. Crushed stone - Wikipedia

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   Crushed limestone quarry near Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Angular crushed stone is the key material for macadam road construction, which depends on the interlocking of the individual stones' angular faces for its strength. [1] As riprap; As railroad track ballast; As filter stone. As composite material (with a binder) in concrete, tarmac, and ...