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Bridport Gravel
Wednesday 08 June, 2011
News Brief

Bridport - The unlikely link between skid-pans and tennis

Full Story:

Bridport, located on the western end of the Chesil Beach in Dorset was until recently the centre of a thriving industry working the rounded flint pea gravels.

These gravels, arguably some of the finest in the world found application for resin bonded flooring, sub-strate for aquaria and uniquely, due to the hardness and highly polished surface of the stone, the aggregate of choice for the surface of skid pans used to evaluate vehicle performance and for driver safety training.

Our images show the beach at West Bay where the gravels were worked, together with a local example of pebble dashing. Unfortunately this also demonstrates the error of using cement based renders on relatively soft and porous stone constructed with lime mortar

And the connection to tennis?? Bridport used to be a centre for rope making and this continues today with the manufacture of nets for tennis, including we understand nets for the Wimbledon Championships. However, whilst many regret its demise no one has ever found a substitute for Bridport Gravel.

Update October 2015
That is until now! Specialist Aggregates introduce their new Bridport Black Gravel - use the link below to locate product details.

Extra Information:

For more information, please visit this related link:  Bridport Black Gravel.



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