Monument Dealer's Manual (1856), Stone

["Peggy B. Perazzo" <pbperazzo@zzzzzzzzzzz>]

Hello Simon: I wanted to let you know that the sandstone background that we
use for our web site is "a photograph of the sandstone blocks that form one
of the walls of the Ohio & Erie Canal Lock 29." You can read about the
sandstone image and view a photograph of the sandstone wall at this
National Park Service URL:

Sandstone Background Image
http://www.nps.gov/cuva/visitonline/towpathtour/sandston.htm

Another wall of stone that might interest you is the NIST Test Wall in
Gaithersburg, Maryland.

NIST Test Wall (National Institute of Standards and Technology):
http://stonewall.nist.gov/Default.htm

The introduction from their web site states in part: "In 1880 the Census
Office and the National Museum in Washington, D.C. conducted a study of
building stones of the United States and collected a set of reference
specimens from working quarries." On this web site you can view the stones
collected from the U.S. and other countries. You can also view the stone
samples that were protected alongside photos of the stones that were left
open to the environment.

Washington Monument - I have just been using the Washington Monument web
site to compile the images of the 193 memorial stones in the Washington
Monument in the east and west interior walls. In case you are interested,
below are some URLs that might help you in your request for photographs of
the Washington Monument.  You might contact them to see if there are any
close exterior views on their web site.

Washington Monument, National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/wamo/home.htm

One of my favorite sections is on the history of the memorial stones
donated by many groups and countries to be included in the interior of the
monument. People are not allowed to view the interior any more, but they
have placed photographs of each memorial stone at the URL below. In some
cases the quarries, quarriers, and stone workers are listed in the
description of the stones.

Washington Monument - List & Photographs of the Memorial Stones
http://www.nps.gov/wamo/memstone2.htm

I also wanted to point out that the most direct way to find the Marble
Worker's Manual is through the  "Articles, Links and Books" section where I
list individual publications I put online (or partially online) that are no
related to a specific U.S.
state.  http://www.cagenweb.com/quarries/article_list.html

Peggy B. Perazzo
pbperazzo ([AT] symbol) comcast.net
Stone Quarries and Beyond
http://www.cagenweb.com/quarries/