DCHP-3

hydro-stone

N.S., Local
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a type of artificial stone made in Halifax from sand pressed into building blocks.

Quotations

1934
The area is covered with new and different-looking houses. All are made of hydro-stone, which gives to the district its name and is a home product made of sand from Eastern Passage.