Collection

Large piece of friable material

PART OF:
Collection of samples of building materials used at the Building Research Station, Watford in the 1940s and '50s.
Made:
Middlesex

Large piece of friable material, from a slaking pit, mainly carbonated lime, from Park Street Villa, near St. Albans

Details

Category:
Building Construction
Object Number:
1966-376 Pt62
type:
friable material
credit:
Ministry of Technology (Watford)

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