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Granite quarrying became a larger business in the 19th century, and was the town's largest non-agricultural industry. The Graniteville community arose in the 1840s and 1850s as a cluster of housing for quarry workers along Rope Ferry Road, which was then the major east-west road between New London and Lyme .
33 North Main Street The Granite House 54°52′03″N 4°26′41″W / 54.867388°N 4.444734°W / 54.867388; -4.444734 ( 33 North Main Street The Grani Category C(S)
The architecture of Aberdeen, Scotland, is known for the use of granite as the principal construction material. The stone, which has been quarried in and around the city, has given Aberdeen the epithet The Granite City, or more romantically, and less commonly used, the Silver City, after the mica in the stone which sparkles in the sun.
It is characterized by recessed, monumental, four story granite columns supporting recessed arches. It was built by Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company and served as their flagship store until the "Sibley fire" of 1904, when the flagship moved to the Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr Building. [2] It is now an office building, housing a number of companies.
Decomposed granite path. Decomposed granite, as a crushed stone form, is used as a pavement building material. It is used on driveways, garden walkways, bocce courts and pétanque terrains, and urban, regional, and national park walkways and heavy-use paths. DG can be installed and compacted to meet handicapped accessibility specifications and ...
German doorway in cast stone. Artificial stone is a name for various synthetic stone products produced from the 18th century onward. Uses include statuary, architectural details, fencing and rails, building construction, civil engineering work, and industrial applications such as grindstones.
An Act for more effectually repairing, widening, altering, and improving the Road from the Town of Manchester, by a Place called The White Smithy, [n] in the Township of Crumpsall, to the Town of Rochdale; and also the Road from the said Place called The White Smithy, [n] by a Place called Besses of the Barn, to the Town of Bury; and also the ...
On an unknown date prior to 1325, King Robert the Bruce granted the lands of Cluny (Gaelic meaning meadow [3] or "meadows interspersed with rising grounds" [4]) to his sister Mary's husband, Alexander Fraser. The lands passed down through the family, via Adam Gordon of Huntly and the Earls of Huntly, to John Gordon, a younger son of the 3rd Earl.