Rosendale cement

Description

A natural cementous material. Rosendale cement is produced from magnesia limestone found in the valleys along the Hudson, James, Mohawk and Potomac rivers. It was first manufactured in Rosendale NY in 1837.

Resources and Citations

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• George Wheeler paper at www.b72.com/objects/stone/consolidants.html (accessed Aug. 1998)