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From Ely Cathedral to the Houses of Parliament: The Watson Building Stones Collection
Heritage Open Day: Discover an impressive display of building stones, roofing slates, road stones, flagstones and decorative and ornamental stones. Drop into the Department of Earth Sciences and discover an impressive display of building stones, roofing slates, road stones, flagstones and decorative and ornamental stones that were used extensively throughout Britain and globally during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The display is part of a collection of 2500 specimens given to the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences by John Watson (1842-1918), who worked in the Portland Cement industry.
From Lincolnshire to Bermuda, the specimens are arranged by composition, from igneous rocks such as granite, to metamorphics such as slate, and sedimentary rocks such as limestone and sandstone.
The display is part of a collection of 2500 specimens given to the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences by John Watson (1842-1918), who worked in the Portland Cement industry.
From Lincolnshire to Bermuda, the specimens are arranged by composition, from igneous rocks such as granite, to metamorphics such as slate, and sedimentary rocks such as limestone and sandstone.
Saturday 13 September
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Downing Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3EQ
Sat 13 Sep:1000-1600; Free Entry.
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