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Subject: Re: [OHROOTS] Zinc Monuments ??
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 19:06:23 EST

In a message dated 1/1/03 12:30:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:

> I'm really amazed of the beauty and condition of
> the zinc markers compared to stone. I

<cough> That would be white bronze <G> I couldn't find any manufacturers for
them. Here are some googled links. To read more about it <G>
Eliz
http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-tl/pages/Cem_Monuments.htm
White Bronze - Zinc
There are many monuments in Mt. Hope that appear to be made of a bluish gray
stone. These monuments are actually made of molded metal! The material was
called White Bronze to make it more appealing to customers, but it is
actually pure zinc. Left exposed to the elements the monuments rapidly form a
tough and very durable skin of zinc carbonate that protects the underlying
metal. The zinc carbonate is what gives the monuments their characteristic
bluish gray color. The monuments were erected in cemeteries across the entire
United States (including Hawaii) and Canada.

Eliz

Frederick Grader Zinc Monument
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York

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>
> What makes this memorial noteworthy is that it is made of zinc. At the time
> it was constructed in 1886, zinc was the lightest building material
> available. This is the reason that the Sears catalog offered to custom
> construct a memorial and ship it.
>
> There is at least one other zinc memorial in Forest Lawn
>
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