Some milestones in history of concrete

SOME MILESTONES IN HISTORY OF CONCRETE

First and oldest examples in the last 2 centuries

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PLAIN CONCRETE HOUSEFirst Oldest

Year: 1835 Place: Kent, UK Designer: John Bazley White

2

REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTUREFirst Oldest

Year: 1848 Place: France Inventor: Joseph-Louis Lambot

3

CONCRETE+STEEL BUILDINGFirst Oldest

Year: 1853 Place: Paris, France Builder: François Coignet

4

REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGEFirst Oldest

Year: 1875 Place: France Inventor: Joseph Monier

5

PLAIN CONCRETE DAMFirst Oldest

Year: 1880 Place: Warwick, Australia

The 75 Miles Dam

6

PLAIN CONCRETE BRIDGEFirst Oldest

Year: 1816 Place: Souillac, France Builder: Louis Joseph Vicat

7

CONCRETE ROADFirst Oldest

Year: 1861 Place: Ohio, USA Inventor: George Bartholomew

8

REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGFirst Oldest

Year: 1892 Place: Paris, France Builder: Francois Hennebique

9

CONCRETE PILEFirst Oldest

Year: 1898 Place: France Inventor: François Hennebique

10

CONCRETE HIGH RISE BUILDINGFirst Oldest

Year: 1903 Place: Cincinnati, USA Architects: Elzner & Anderson

Ingalls Building

11

READY MIXED CONCRETE PATENTFirst Oldest

Year: 1903 Place: Hamburg, Germany Inventor: Jürgen Hinrich Magens

12

CONCRETE ACOUSTIC MIRRORFirst Oldest

Year: 1916 Place: UK

13

CONCRETE TRUCKMIXERFirst Oldest

Year: 1916 Place: USA Inventor: Stephan Stepanian

14

CONCRETE SHIPFirst Oldest

Year: 1917 Place: Norway

15

CONCRETE THIN SHELLFirst Oldest

Year: 1925 Place: Germany Designer: Walther Bauersfeld

16

CONCRETE PUMPINGFirst Oldest

Year: 1928 Place: Germany Inventor: Max Giese&Fritz Hell

17

REINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH DAMFirst Oldest

Year: 1935 Place: USA

Hoover Dam

18

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGEFirst Oldest

Year: 1938 Place: Oelde, Germany Architecure: Eugene Freyssinet

19

CONCRETE PUMPING(BOOM)First Oldest

Year: 1955 Place: USA Inventor: Richard&Marvin Bennett

20

CONCRETE TUBE STRUCTUREFirst Oldest

Year: 1963 Place: Chicago, USA Designer: Fazlur Rahman Khan

DeWitt-Chestnut Apartment