Bedford limestone

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Bedford limestone is a high-quality, fine-grained building stone from southern Indiana widely used in prominent architectural landmarks across the United States.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bedford Limestone 2
Salem limestone 2
Bedford limestone canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building stone
dimension stone
geologic formation
limestone
alsoKnownAs Indiana limestone
Salem limestone
linked to: Bedford limestone
belongsToGroup Sanders Group
country United States
geologicAge Mississippian
geologicPeriod Carboniferous
hasColor blue-gray
buff
light gray
hasCompressiveStrength high
hasPorosity medium
hasPrimaryLithology calcite
hasProperty easily tooled
frost resistant
relatively homogeneous
hasTexture fine-grained
hasTypeLocality Bedford, Indiana
isEconomicResourceOf Indiana stone industry
isMarketedAs Indiana Limestone
linked to: Indiana limestone
isNotedFor ease of carving
high durability
uniform texture
weather resistance
isQuarriedIn Lawrence County, Indiana
Monroe County, Indiana
Owen County, Indiana
overlies Harrodsburg Limestone
region southern Indiana
linked to: Southern Indiana
state Indiana
underlies Mitchell Limestone
usedFor bridges
building facades
load-bearing walls
monuments
ornamental stonework
public buildings
university buildings
usedIn Biltmore Estate
Chicago Tribune Tower
Empire State Building
Indiana University Bloomington buildings
National Cathedral
Rockefeller Center
The Pentagon
linked to: Pentagon

U.S. state capitol buildings
wasExtensivelyUsedIn early 20th century American architecture

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indiana limestone alsoKnownAs Bedford limestone
Indiana limestone alsoKnownAs Salem limestone
linked to: Bedford limestone
Bedford limestone alsoKnownAs Salem limestone
linked to: Bedford limestone
Sanders Group hasLithology Bedford Limestone
linked to: Bedford limestone
Sanders Group isComposedPrimarilyOf Bedford Limestone
linked to: Bedford limestone