History of the Portland cement industry in the United States. (1900)
United Building Material Company · American Cement Co. · leaf 11
ness and the fact that it was an article, the properties of whichwere not thoroughly understood, and were, therefore, more or less invested withan air of mystery, it was thought, for many year.-,, that no Portland Cement couldbe made in this country, because we lacked the chalk and clay out of… … PORTLAND CEMENT INDUSTRY. ] i dams, of reservoirs, and, in fact, of all public work, there grew a steady and posi-tive demand for a cement of a better character than the ordinary light-burnt cementof the American market. This gave rise to large and increased imports of PortlandCement and to the…
Portland cement · Concrete · Common work results for concrete · Commissioning of concrete · Schedules for concrete forming and accessories · Concrete curing · Concrete forming · Cast-in-place concrete · Structural concrete · Heavyweight structural concrete · Material testing · Existing material assessment · Existing concrete assessment
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