- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Tabby
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Tabby (Concrete)
Building materials--Georgia
Concrete--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Camden County, 30.92249, -81.63639
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Traditional tabby, used for construction primarily along the coast, is composed of equal parts lime, water, sand, oyster shells, and ash. First introduced in Georgia by James Oglethorpe in 1736, tabby experienced revivals in the first half of the nineteenth century and again from the 1880s to 1920s.
Close-up image of tabby concrete. Pieces of oyster shell are visible among the gray base. Traditional tabby, used for construction primarily along the Georgia coast, is composed of equal parts lime, water, sand, oyster shells, and ash. First introduced in Georgia by James Oglethorpe in 1736, tabby experienced revivals in the first half of the nineteenth century and again from the 1880s to 1920s. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/tabby/m-9256/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph by Jim Darby
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/tabby
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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