facing stone

The bank is 2.3m wide and 0.5m high with possible facing stones exposed.

Some entire walls of fine facing stones were recommended for removal.

The facing stone on the hearth came from thousands of miles from here.

The bridge facing stones were disassembled and each was numbered.

The facing stones of the heavily vitrified wall have almost entirely gone.

The facing stone points to the crash site.

The shapelessness of the exterior demonstrated what could happen when the facing stones were removed.

It is poorly preserved because the facing stones were stripped in order to be reused.

Van Fleet dragged a. stool over and sat down facing Stone.

Many of the facing stones have fallen or have been removed and used for construction in Cairo.

The side walls were constructed of a clay and rubble core, with mortared facing stones.

Originally used for foundations, breakwaters and bridge abutments, it is now a facing stone.

"Unbelievably," says Hill, "granite as a facing stone for buildings isn't available today, except from China.

They were dressed with the same facing stone as the walls of the Chamber, as was the floor and ceiling of the passage.

For example, the heavy, rough-cut facing stones of Romanesque architecture were no longer necessary for engineering reasons.

Divers in submarine bells were used to create level foundations on which the tiers of facing stones were placed.

It is also known as "Rainbow Gneiss", and is quarried as a facing stone for buildings.

The original stone bridge abutments on the north side of Fourth Street remain in a deteriorated condition and without the facing stone.

commercial mining of gabbro, facing stone;

The regularity of the latter favors use as a source for masonry, either as a primary building material or as a facing stone, over other construction.

Only traces of this wall are visible: on one side of the entrance, and an outer stretch of facing stones are also visible.

It was in Tura that the facing stones for the great pyramids in Giza and Sakkara had been quarried.

GB/T 9966.2 natural facing stone test method, the second part: dry, water saturation bending strength test method

For the foundation (if indeed this building does have one) is underground and invisible, and the facing stones of the building prevent us from coming into it directly.

I had seen pyramids in the sand, Nubian slaves, teams of men laying massive ashlars, granite facing stones, on jagged tiers of limestone.