Collection

Sample of concrete, from Sassanian Dam, 600 A.D

PART OF:
Collection of samples of building materials used at the Building Research Station, Watford in the 1940s and '50s.
Made:
Middlesex
Concrete from Sassanian Dam, c.600 A.D.?, from Khalafabad, Iran

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Concrete from Sassanian Dam, c.600 A.D.?, from Khalafabad, Iran
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Concrete from Sassanian Dam, c.600 A.D.?, from Khalafabad, Iran

Details

Category:
Building Construction
Object Number:
1966-376 Pt20
type:
sample
credit:
Ministry of Technology (Watford)

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