The birth and growth of history's most exciting building material
byAmerican Society of Civil Engineers
Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1977, Vol. 47, Issue 13, Pg. 55-57
Document Type: Feature article
Abstract:
Not until the early decades of this century did this most revolutionary of all structural materials arrive-prestressed concrete. Developed in Europe, prestressed concrete began its rapid growth in the U.S. following construction of a prestressed bridge in Philadelphia in 1950.
Subject Headings: Prestressing | Infrastructure construction | Structural materials | Structural concrete | Prestressed concrete | History | Construction materials
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