History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . OSSINTNG. 323 bonate of lime, while this is a carbonate of lime and ;icarbonate of magnesium. It is, for the most part,granular and readily disintegrates by exposure to at-mospheric influences. It is this quality that rendersit unsuitable as a building stone for permanent struc-tures. Much of this marble, however, is very com-pact, crystalline and solid, making an excellent build-ing material, and has heretofore been largely employedfor this purpose,f The e
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . OSSINTNG. 323 bonate of lime, while this is a carbonate of lime and ;icarbonate of magnesium. It is, for the most part,granular and readily disintegrates by exposure to at-mospheric influences. It is this quality that rendersit unsuitable as a building stone for permanent struc-tures. Much of this marble, however, is very com-pact, crystalline and solid, making an excellent build-ing material, and has heretofore been largely employedfor this purpose,f The extensive buildings erected by the State, for/ the prisons and shops at Sing Sing, including thelarge Doric structure formerly used as a prison for fe-male convicts, were all made from these Church on Broadway, the United States Sub-Treasury building in Wall Street, New York, for-merly the United States Custom-House, were also- built of Sing Sing marble. To these can be addedI the city hall and the hall of records in the city of\ Albany, two very substantial and noble of the finest residences of Sing Si
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