Granite bits and sandblasting over a rubber stencil. Leaving the letters, numbers, and emblems exposed on the stone, the blaster can create virtually any kind of artwork or epitaph. The stone known as "black granite" is usually gabbro, which has a completely different chemical composition. Granite has been extensively used as a dimension stone and as flooring tiles in public and commercial buildings and monuments. Aberdeen in Scotland, which is constructed principally from local granite, is known as "The Granite City". Because of its abundance in New England, granite was commonly used to build foundations for homes there. The Granite Railway,
Lincoln Place (Granite City) Lincoln Place (Granite City) Lincoln Place is a neighborhood in Granite City, Illinois. It is located west of downtown Granite City, near the Mississippi River. Lincoln Place was settled largely by immigrants from Eastern Europe who moved to the area in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to work in Granite City's steel industry. Lincoln Place was first populated around 1906, eventually becoming home to more than 10,000 immigrants of mostly central and eastern European ancestry such as Romanian, Hungarian, and Macedonian immigrants as well as a considerable Armenian and[Mexican people|Mexican]] population. By 1915, the neighborhood was allegedly home