- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Tabby Ruins
- Date of Original:
- 2001
- Subject:
- Barrier islands--Georgia
Tabby (Concrete)--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Georgia--Antiquities
Trees--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Palms--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Chimneys--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Walls--Georgia--Sapelo Island - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo Island, 31.39745, -81.27871
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Thomas Spalding reintroduced the use of tabby, a local mixture of oyster shell, lime, sand, and water, as a primary building material on the coast.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/sapelo-island/tabby-ruins_003/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Patricia Barefoot
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
