Polycor Companies
Granite | Quarried in Bethel, VT, USA
Bethel White® displays a flawless, even grain and purity of color that truly makes it the most prized in the world. It’s the gold standard that all other white granites must measure up to.
Absorption by weight
ASTM C97
0.256%
0.256%
Density
ASTM C97
164.4lb/ft3
2633.44kg/m3
Compressive strength
ASTM C170
34 027Psi
234.61MPa
Modulus of rupture
ASTM C99
1 937Psi
13.36MPa
Flexural strength
ASTM C880
1 871Psi
12.9MPa
The Grande Arche de la Défense was completed in 1989 to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution, however, in the years since, there has been little to celebrate: There were issues with the exterior of the arch from nearly the start. The area around the north side was even sealed off after fears that the arch’s Italian Carrara marble exterior would fall on people below. The arch restoration team turned to hard-wearing Polycor BETHEL WHITEⓇ granite to replace the crumbling Carrara marble exterior and restore the arch to a place of pride.
An architecture tour of Chicago is on every visitor’s must-do list. It’s not surprising, given the city’s collection of incredible buildings. In fact, Chicago claims to have invented the skyscraper. Any Windy City architecture tour allows visitors to marvel at the feats of engineering and architecture that span styles from turn-of-the-century to modernism. Our architecture tour, however, homes in on the stones that helped build these great buildings, and helped to make Chicago the Paris of the Prairies.
With outstanding monuments, some of the world’s best museums and other cultural institutions, Washington, D.C. is a must-do destination. While the sheer number of sites may seem overwhelming, Washington is an easily navigable city. The nation’s capital is rather compact in size and easy to explore on foot. You might say it’s the perfect walking city. Washington was elegantly planned by Frenchman Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who came to America to fight in the Revolutionary War and went on to become a trusted city planner for George Washington.
