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>nobody knows how to make cobblestone. Can you expand on that? I didn't think cobblestones were made? Don't you just pick suitable stones?
by rebuilder 6y ago
>nobody knows how to make cobblestone.
Can you expand on that? I didn't think cobblestones were made? Don't you just pick suitable stones?
- mikewarot 6y agoIn the United States, cobblestones were manufactured large blocks that were impermeable and very durable. Streets were paved with them.
- AngusH 6y agoI think it sounds like a Sett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sett_(paving) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sett_(paving) (which is often called a cobblestone) Edit: Still being laid in Edinburgh...
- mikewarot 6y agoHere in the Midwest, far away from the granite blocks imported by ships there were companies that made additively "cobblestones", with their names on them, in my walkway there are such stones made in Attica, Indiana. The knowledge of how those were made, is apparently lost. Those things are tough like you wouldn't believe.
- AngusH 6y agoAh, interesting and definitely not a Sett. I had assumed you meant that the stone had been manufactured into a block, but this is clearly something else. Some kind of special concrete formulation do you think? The formula kept as a trade secret, then lost when the company closed or got bought or something I suppose? Rather unfortunate, alas. Edited
- TheCowboy 6y agoThere are masonry techniques that are considered lost arts is probably what he's referring to, including types of load bearing cobblestone construction. An example that comes to mind is a brick townhouse nearby that was struck by a car and part of a structural brick rounded wall collapsed. It remained that way for many years because the owner simply couldn't find a mason that knew how to rebuild it.