A method of creating a construction block adapted to form retaining walls or the like, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a member having a major upper surface and major lower surface and a plurality of edges, said upper major surface having a ridge extending laterally across a midsection thereof between an opposed pair of said edges with said ridges extending upwardly and away from said upper major surface by a predetermined first dimension, said lower major surface having a notch extending laterally across a midsection thereof between said opposed pair of edges with said notch extending upwardly from said lower major surface by a dimension substantially equal to said predetermined first dimension, wherein said laterally extending ridge is parallel to and disposed vertically above said laterally extending notch; and (b) splitting said member along a center of both said ridge and said notch to define a pair of said construction blocks, wherein each said construction block has rough textured front surface defined by splitting the member in half, a recess extending laterally thereunder, and a lip extending laterally thereover wherein the height of said lip is substantially equal to the depth of said recess. view more

The method as specified in claim 1 further comprising the step of selectively defining the width of said laterally extending notch to correspond to a selected wall setback defined when said blocks are stacked with the lip of a lower said block disposed within and substantially filling the recess of a said block stacked thereupon. view more

The method as specified in claim 1 further comprising the step of forming at least one vertically extending core each side of said laterally extending ridge and said notch.

The method as specified in claim 1 further comprising the step of defining said laterally extending notch to have a trapezoidal cross section, and defining said laterally extending ridge to have a pair of tapered surfaces.

The method as specified in claim 1 further comprising the step for forming a retaining wall from said defined construction blocks.

The method as specified in claim 14 wherein said retaining wall is formed to have a setback.

The method of creating a construction block adapted to form retaining walls or the like comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a mold box for receiving raw concrete with the mold box having opposed front and rear walls and opposed side walls and with the opposed lateral side walls having parallelly disposed horizontally aligned rectangular core bar receiving openings formed along the lower edges thereof; (b) inserting an elongated rectangular core bar within said mold box extending between said parallelly disposed horizontally aligned openings for forming a notch; (c) loading raw concrete within said mold box while forming cores within said raw concrete along a vertical axis normal to the axis of said core bar to form a member having a major upper surface and major lower surface and a plurality of edges, said major upper surface formed with a ridge; and (d) splitting said member along a center of both said ridge and said notch to define a pair of said construction blocks, wherein each said construction block has rough textured front surface defined by splitting the member in half, a recess extending laterally thereunder, and a lip extending laterally thereover wherein the height of said lip is substantially equal to the depth of said recess. view more

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