F.J. Straub patented a lightweight cinder block in 1916. Opened a plant in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1919, produced 25,000 blocks first year. By 1926
was producing 70 million blocks a year. In the 1930s and especially the
1940s, many other similar products were introduced, formed from a variety of
components such as pumice, cinders, slag, shale, clay, slate. (Simpson
1999:27-28)
Simpson, Pamela H. 1999. Cheap, Quick, & Easy: Imitative Architectural
Materials, 1870-1930. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville.
Trish Fernandez
Pacific Legacy
Sierra/Central Division
3081 Alhambra Drive, Suite 208
Cameron Park, CA 95682
530.677.9713, ext. 24
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dane
Magoon
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:33 AM
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Subject: cinder block tpq?
Hello Fellow Histarchers:
Anyone out there have a TPQ for the common cinder
block?
Thanks,
Dane
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