Yonkers granite

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Description

A medium to fine texture gneissoid granite with bluish-gray and pink grains quarried in Yonkers, New York. Yonkers granite was used for foundations, general construction, and paving.

Authority

  • 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

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