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==Rosendale cement== {{Main|Rosendale cement}} [[Image:NYRCC Seal.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seal of the New York and Rosendale Cement Company]] The Rosendale region is most well known for the production of [[Rosendale cement|natural cement]]. The Rosendale natural cement industry began during the construction of the [[Delaware and Hudson Canal]] in 1825. The Delaware and Hudson Canal was later finished in 1828 using the world class cement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lake |first=Mailing Address: 274 River Road Beach |last2=Us |first2=PA 18405 Phone: 570 685-4871 Contact |title=Delaware & Hudson Canal - Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/upde/learn/historyculture/dhcanal.htm |access-date=February 15, 2024 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref> Rosendale natural cement soon gained a reputation for quality among engineers and was used in the construction of many of the United States' most important landmarks, including the [[Brooklyn Bridge]], the pedestal of the [[Statue of Liberty]], [[Federal Hall National Memorial]], and one of the wings of the [[United States Capitol]]. The industry fell into decline in the early 1900s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCcDAAAAMBAJ&q=motor+gun+boat&pg=PA118|title=Popular Science|first=Bonnier|last=Corporation|date=October 6, 1941|publisher=Bonnier Corporation|via=Google Books}}</ref> Rosendale natural cement was produced from [[Dolomite (rock)|dolomite]] extracted from [[mining|mines]] in the Rosendale and Whiteport members of the Late [[Silurian]] Rondout [[formation (stratigraphy)|Formation]]. The natural levels of [[magnesium]] and [[clay]] in the dolomite from the Rondout Formation are ideally suited for cement production and required none of the chemical additives characteristic of modern [[Portland cement]] production. Several abandoned dolomite mines still exist in the Rosendale region. A mine on the property of the Snyder Estate, which is maintained as part of a museum preserving the history of the Rosendale natural cement industry by the Century House Historical Society, is open to the public. Other mines have been put to a number of uses, including mushroom farming and movie locations. The records storage management company Iron Mountain currently maintains at least one mine for storing anything from microfiche to data backup tapes. In 2004 limited cement mining resumed in Rosendale, and Rosendale natural cement is again being produced. Freedom Cement LLC, in [[North Brookfield, Massachusetts]], is producing natural cement for use in historic restoration projects.
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