Cobblestone streets in Detroit

[black gold man]

Cobblestone is granite i think, ships needed ballast to stabilize the ship.
Lots of cobble came from Europe on ships to New England maybe DETROIT to.

I was reading somewhere they noted first cobble went down
on Jefferson in 1859.

I an sure there is a granite quarry around here somewhere
Canada, up north in Michigan maybe.

But i am sure lots of cobble came on ships from all over
then they loaded with furs,copper,salt,wood ext.

But here http://stories-in-stone.blogspot.com...1_archive.html they note that granite was shipped
from west cost for projects all over the country in 1900.
For the natural beauty of the stone.

David Stott building, Detroit, 1929 Stone from west cost.



About 15 years ago i was working on patio in my backyard.
The cost of stone or even concrete pavers was a lot of money. I heard they tore down a church by tiger stadium
it was red brick but the windows and other areas were
sandstone about 6 inches thick. I went down there and
got 4 loads in my pick up. They were all smooth sided
i took a chisel and split them so i had natural face stone
about 3 inches thick and square all different size.
It is blue sand stone i think it came from Indianan.
I think the church was built around 1830.

BGM