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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Their concrete isn’t our concrete, neither was the same as Roman concrete. So, no, they wouldn’t.


80 posted on 10/03/2021 8:51:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ok, I’m interested. How was it different?

The Romans used Volcanic ash and some other constituent to create concrete that was long lasting. (The Pantheon in Rome I think.) Here in the U.S. they are starting to use fly ash in some concrete formulations. I know it has been suggested that the Incas created their building blocks in-situ. (Althought they also locked them together with smelted copper dovetails or keyways)


92 posted on 10/04/2021 8:26:20 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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