Timeline
Ancient Egypt
Egyptians used calcinated gypsum to give brick or stone structures a smooth coating. Ancient Greece A similar application of calcinated limestone was used by the ancient Greeks.
Egyptians used calcinated gypsum to give brick or stone structures a smooth coating. Ancient Greece A similar application of calcinated limestone was used by the ancient Greeks.
Ancient Rome
The Romans frequently used broken brick aggregate embedded in a mixture of lime putty with brick dust or volcanic ash. They built a wide variety of structures that incorporated stone and concrete, including roads, aqueducts, temples and palaces.
The Romans frequently used broken brick aggregate embedded in a mixture of lime putty with brick dust or volcanic ash. They built a wide variety of structures that incorporated stone and concrete, including roads, aqueducts, temples and palaces.
Year 1774
John Smeaton had found that combining quicklime with other materials created an extremely hard material that could be used to bind together other materials. He used this knowledge to build the first concrete structure since the Ancient Romans.
John Smeaton had found that combining quicklime with other materials created an extremely hard material that could be used to bind together other materials. He used this knowledge to build the first concrete structure since the Ancient Romans.
Year 1816
The first concrete bridge (not reinforced) was built in Souillac, France.
The first concrete bridge (not reinforced) was built in Souillac, France.
Year 1825
The first modern concrete to be produced in America is used in the construction of the Erie Canal. It used cement made from “hydraulic lime” found in New York’s Madison, Cayuga, and Onondaga counties.
The first modern concrete to be produced in America is used in the construction of the Erie Canal. It used cement made from “hydraulic lime” found in New York’s Madison, Cayuga, and Onondaga counties.
Year 1897
The Sears Roebuck Co. offered item #G2452, a barrel of “Cement, natural” at $1.25 per barrel; and Item #G2453, “Portland cement, imported” at $3.40 per 50 gallon barrel.
The Sears Roebuck Co. offered item #G2452, a barrel of “Cement, natural” at $1.25 per barrel; and Item #G2453, “Portland cement, imported” at $3.40 per 50 gallon barrel.
Year 1901
Arthur Henry Symons designed a column clamp to be used with job-built concrete forms.
Arthur Henry Symons designed a column clamp to be used with job-built concrete forms.
Year 1902
August Perret designs and builds an apartment building in Paris that uses what he called “the trabeated system for reinforced concrete”. It was widely studied and imitated, and deeply influenced architecture and concrete construction for decades.
August Perret designs and builds an apartment building in Paris that uses what he called “the trabeated system for reinforced concrete”. It was widely studied and imitated, and deeply influenced architecture and concrete construction for decades.
Year 1905
Frank Lloyd Wright began construction on the famous Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois. Taking three years to complete, Wright designed the massive structure with four identical sides so that his expensive formwork could be used multiple times.
Frank Lloyd Wright began construction on the famous Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois. Taking three years to complete, Wright designed the massive structure with four identical sides so that his expensive formwork could be used multiple times.
Year 1908
Thomas Alva Edison built 11 cast-in-place concrete homes in Union, New Jersey. Those homes are still in use. He also laid the first mile of concrete road near New Village, New Jersey.
Thomas Alva Edison built 11 cast-in-place concrete homes in Union, New Jersey. Those homes are still in use. He also laid the first mile of concrete road near New Village, New Jersey.
Year 1914
The Panama Canal was opened after decades of construction. It features three pairs of concrete locks with floors as thick as 20 feet, and walls as much as 60 feet thick at the bottom.
Year 1921The Panama Canal was opened after decades of construction. It features three pairs of concrete locks with floors as thick as 20 feet, and walls as much as 60 feet thick at the bottom.
The vast, parabolic airship hangars at Orly airport in Paris were completed.
Year 1933U.S. Penitentiary Alcatraz was opened. The first inmates were the prison work gang that built it.
Year 1973The Opera House in Sydney, Australia opened. It’s distinctive concrete peaks quickly became a symbol for the city.
Year 1993The John F. Kennedy Museum in Boston was completed. The dramatic concrete and glass structure was designed by renowned architect I. M. Pei.
Today
All Seal Exteriors provides Concrete, Stone, and Brick surfaces that are made of high quality materials and are affordably priced, attractive and durable.
All Seal Exteriors provides Concrete, Stone, and Brick surfaces that are made of high quality materials and are affordably priced, attractive and durable.
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