A hard, strong, hydraulic cement composed of calcium carbonate, calcium silicates, and calcium aluminates; first manufactured in England by Joseph Aspdin, who patented it in 1824 and named it for its resemblance to Portland stone; first, imported in the U.S. in 1865 and first manufactured in the U.S. in 1872. (Bucher, 1996)
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