Reinforced concrete was invented for flower tubs.

Joseph Monier was a gardener at the Paris Tuileries who needed durable tubs for orange trees. He poured cement around an iron mesh and on 16 July 1867 patented iron-reinforced planters. Bridges followed in 1873, beams and railway sleepers in 1878 – the basis of every modern high-rise.

Useful: Some key technologies come out of a task nobody considers important.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

19 jahrhundert Architektur Technikgeschichte

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