Difference between revisions of "Wilkeson sandstone"
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Description
A medium-grain, pale gray sandstone quarried near Wilkeson in Pierce County, Washington. Wilkeson sandstone is hard but easily worked. It was used for buildings and paving.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Wilkerson sandstone
Authority
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996 Comment: Wilkerson
- Frank A. Lent, Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries., Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925 Comment: Wilkerson
- External source or communication Comment: National Geographic Atlas lists name as Wilkeson