Bedford limestone

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building stone dimension stone geologic formation limestone

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

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All labels observed (3)

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

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building stone ⓘ
dimension stone ⓘ
geologic formation ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indiana limestone ⓘ
Bedford limestone ⓘ
surface form: Salem limestone
belongsToGroup Sanders Group ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
geologicAge Mississippian ⓘ
geologicPeriod Carboniferous period ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Pentagon ⓘ
surface form: The Pentagon

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

Referenced by (5)

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

Indiana limestone → alsoKnownAs → Bedford limestone ⓘ
Indiana limestone → alsoKnownAs → Bedford limestone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem limestone
Bedford limestone → alsoKnownAs → Bedford limestone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salem limestone
Sanders Group → hasLithology → Bedford limestone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bedford Limestone
Sanders Group → isComposedPrimarilyOf → Bedford limestone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bedford Limestone