Tabby is a type of concrete made by burning oyster shells to create lime, then mixing it with water, sand, ash and broken oyster shells. Tabby was used...
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a female one. Other common uses: Tabby concrete, a building material Tabby weave, a fundamental textile pattern Tabby may also refer to: nickname of Frank...
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Lime (material) (section Roman concrete)
Uses include lime mortar, lime plaster, lime render, lime-ash floors, tabby concrete, whitewash, silicate mineral paint, and limestone blocks which may be...
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Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated...
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of the Owens-Thomas House, Savannah, Georgia Slave quarters made of tabby concrete, Kingsley Plantation, Fort George Island, Florida, photographed 1865...
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Truffle) Red tide Rolled oyster San Leandro Oyster Beds Sydney rock oyster Tabby concrete Oysters in Cynee Archived 10 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Recipe...
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Roman architectural revolution (redirect from Concrete Revolution)
The Roman architectural revolution, also known as the concrete revolution, is the name sometimes given to the widespread use in Roman architecture of the...
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built Use Notes Horton House Jekyll Island 1743 House One of the oldest tabby concrete buildings in Georgia Wild Heron near Savannah 1756 Plantation house...
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brackets..." and is built from bricks made of concrete and local shells. Although lovingly referred to as "The Tabby House" by its owners and local residents...
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oyster shell mounds, which were used in the nineteenth century to create tabby concrete, present in the foundations of several island buildings. The Spaniards...
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