On 4/21/2012 7:46 PM, Ruth Barton wrote:
> [What happened to this idea?  RHB]
>
> The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 24,1892
>
> Building Blocks of Glass  6/24/1892
>
> For some time past, transparent glass bricks have been let into the walls
> to afford light at places where a window would interfere with the
> architectural plan.  But now, according to The Industrial World, it is
> proposed to cast glass, not necessarily transparent, into large blocks for
> buildings.  This material is practically indestructible, perfectly
> nonabsorbent, and therefore damp proof in a manner which few bricks are,
> and in this way coarse glass of this kind could be made nearly as cheap as
> concrete, stone or baked clay.
>
> Transcribed by Ruth Barton
Ruth,

Glass block happened, but not quite as trouble free as indicated here, 
and not nearly as cheap as masonry.

Ken

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