Masonry Magazine February 2003 Page. 28

Masonry Magazine February 2003 Page. 28
After all these centuries, it only took imagination and engineering, and a desire to help his community save money, for an inventor to develop the segmental retaining wall system. Here is the story.

BLOCK



By Tom Inglesby



Siena Stone Walkway.



UMANS HAVE BEEN PILING STONE ATOP stone, block on top of block, and brick on brick for thousands of years. Now, we call it masonry and sometimes wonder if there is ever going to be anything new in the field. Hard to believe, but new techniques and technologies do come along to change the face of masonry.