USES OF COMMON BUILDING STONES

Common building stones are used for the following purposes:

1. For foundations, walls, columns, arches, lintels, roofs, floors, etc.
2. For facing work of masonry
3. For concrete and road construction as coarse aggregate
4. For railways as ballast
5. For bridges as floors, piers, abutments, retaining walls, etc.
6. For lighthouses and dams