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The birth and growth of history's most exciting building material

by
American 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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