. The standard guide . the OVhKHANGl.\(. ;Si. George Street. T/ic Standard Guide. 15 The Fort, the gateway and the old houses are built of coquina (Spanish, signify-ing shellfish), a native rock found on Anastasia Island. It is composed of shells andshell fragments of great variety of form, color and size. Ages ago these were washedup \\\ enormous quantities by the waves, just as masses of similar material are left. transformp:d st. george street, Shotving the Hotel Magnolia. now on the beach, where one may walk for mileg through the loose fragments which,under favorable conditions, wou
. The standard guide . the OVhKHANGl.\(. ;Si. George Street. T/ic Standard Guide. 15 The Fort, the gateway and the old houses are built of coquina (Spanish, signify-ing shellfish), a native rock found on Anastasia Island. It is composed of shells andshell fragments of great variety of form, color and size. Ages ago these were washedup \\\ enormous quantities by the waves, just as masses of similar material are left. transformp:d st. george street, Shotving the Hotel Magnolia. now on the beach, where one may walk for mileg through the loose fragments which,under favorable conditions, would in time form coquina stone. Cut off from the sea,these deposits are in time partially dissolved by rain water and cemented together. The new material is a composition of sand, Portland cement and shells. A wallis built by moulding successive layers of concrete; as each layer hardens a new one ispoured in on top of it. The wall is thus cast instead of being built; when completedit is one stone; indeed, the entire wall construction of a concrete building is one solidmass throughout—a monolith, with neither joint nor seam. The plastic materia) i6 The Standard Guide. lends itself most admirabl\- to architectural and decorative purposes, and possessesthe very important qualities of durability and immunity from destruction bv fire. Itwas first employed in the Villa Zorayda, wcnlhy of note because of the architectura
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