Some milestones in history of concrete

1. SOME MILESTONES IN
HISTORY OF CONCRETE
First and oldest examples in the last 2 centuries
Yasin Engin (Civil Eng., MSc)
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PLAIN CONCRETE HOUSEFirst Oldest
Year: 1835 Place: Kent, UK Designer: John Bazley White

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REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTUREFirst Oldest
Year: 1848 Place: France Inventor: Joseph-Louis Lambot

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CONCRETE+STEEL BUILDINGFirst Oldest
Year: 1853 Place: Paris, France Builder: François Coignet

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REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGEFirst Oldest
Year: 1875 Place: France Inventor: Joseph Monier

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PLAIN CONCRETE DAMFirst Oldest
Year: 1880 Place: Warwick, Australia
The 75 Miles Dam

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PLAIN CONCRETE BRIDGEFirst Oldest
Year: 1816 Place: Souillac, France Builder: Louis Joseph Vicat

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CONCRETE ROADFirst Oldest
Year: 1861 Place: Ohio, USA Inventor: George Bartholomew

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REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGFirst Oldest
Year: 1892 Place: Paris, France Builder: Francois Hennebique

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CONCRETE PILEFirst Oldest
Year: 1898 Place: France Inventor: François Hennebique

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CONCRETE HIGH RISE BUILDINGFirst Oldest
Year: 1903 Place: Cincinnati, USA Architects: Elzner & Anderson
Ingalls Building

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READY MIXED CONCRETE PATENTFirst Oldest
Year: 1903 Place: Hamburg, Germany Inventor: Jürgen Hinrich Magens

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CONCRETE ACOUSTIC MIRRORFirst Oldest
Year: 1916 Place: UK

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CONCRETE TRUCKMIXERFirst Oldest
Year: 1916 Place: USA Inventor: Stephan Stepanian

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CONCRETE SHIPFirst Oldest
Year: 1917 Place: Norway

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CONCRETE THIN SHELLFirst Oldest
Year: 1925 Place: Germany Designer: Walther Bauersfeld

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CONCRETE PUMPINGFirst Oldest
Year: 1928 Place: Germany Inventor: Max Giese&Fritz Hell

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REINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH DAMFirst Oldest
Year: 1935 Place: USA
Hoover Dam

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PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGEFirst Oldest
Year: 1938 Place: Oelde, Germany Architecure: Eugene Freyssinet

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CONCRETE PUMPING(BOOM)First Oldest
Year: 1955 Place: USA Inventor: Richard&Marvin Bennett

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CONCRETE TUBE STRUCTUREFirst Oldest
Year: 1963 Place: Chicago, USA Designer: Fazlur Rahman Khan
DeWitt-Chestnut Apartment