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In the United States, the need for a vater-resistant mortar became imperative with he development of canals as major arteries of ransportation. With the beginning of construc-ion of the Erie Canal in 1817, a search for nat-iral cement rock resulted in the discovery of a uitable deposit near Fayetteville, N. Y. Canals vere being built cement in many parts of the country, nd other deposits were discovered and processed i widely scattered locations, including Penn-ylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Illinois. A mill built cement i 1828 in Rosendale, Ulster county, N. Y., be-ame the center of the industry, and the term Rosendale cement" came to be synonymous with atural cement.

The resulting cement, produced from the formerly discarded grappiers, was of much higher quality than that obtained from the unsintered material. This fact was firmly established by the English cement manufacturer L. C. Johnson in 1845, and the term "portland cement" has since been applied solely to the cement made from the sintered material. This period marks the real beginning of the portland cement industry.

They are expensive to build but need essentially no upkeep. Walls are of especial value for supporting terraces and other places where soil must be retained. Such supporting walls may be built cement with cement or be dry walls made without cement. Informal groups of trees and shrubs are good as "walls" where space permits. •