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To: BenLurkin
LA Crews Aim For Largest Continuous Concrete Pour

Misleading title Alert!!
The word "building" qualifier is sorely missing.

There are more than a few existing concrete arch dams worldwide which easily exceed this pour.

5 posted on 02/15/2014 5:14:20 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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To: publius911

ah, but were they continuous?


10 posted on 02/15/2014 5:21:44 PM PST by NonValueAdded (It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
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To: publius911

Right!

My first thought was, “What about Hoover Dam?!”


18 posted on 02/15/2014 5:44:41 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: publius911
There are more than a few existing concrete arch dams worldwide which easily exceed this pour.

Dam few, if any, were continuous pour, though.

24 posted on 02/15/2014 6:45:25 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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