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Old February 26th 12, 11:36 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Magic Wall at Farringdon

On Feb 25, 6:53*pm, Bruce wrote:
The stone panels are mostly produced in Italy and Norway. *Large stone
blocks are very carefully quarried so they come out square. *Then the
blocks - usually either granite or marble - are precision sawn using
large diameter diamond-tipped circular saws. *The thickness is
typically a couple of centimetres, but the finished job often looks as
though it is made of solid granite or marble that is tens of
centimetres thick.


So its is actual stone, just very thin?

Clever. So when did they start using this instead of those blue mdf
walls? Will they be doing this in future, when they have building
works (at bond street, for example, or TCR) ?