To: Cobra64
I'd bet that they did not let the cement cure. You can't just fill up the forms and say, "That's it." It takes many, many pours, in stages and phases to get the cement to cure properly. I remember seeing a special on the Hoover dam. They laid many refrigeration lines throughout the dam because the reaction is exothermic. I believe they also said the cement is still curing to this day.
69 posted on
07/10/2006 9:08:26 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Moonman62
"I believe they also said the cement is still curing to this day." Yup. I saw the same show.
73 posted on
07/10/2006 9:17:00 PM PDT by
blam
To: Moonman62
You and I saw the same documentary. The History Channel or Modern Marvels, wasn't it? It is amazing what we did almost 100 years ago building these dams and railroads through mountains. Today, we can't even rebuild the WTC.
77 posted on
07/10/2006 9:24:40 PM PDT by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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