Samples of reinforcement

PART OF:
Collection of samples of building materials used at the Building Research Station, Watford in the 1940s and '50s.
Made:
1860 in Newcastle upon Tyne

Samples of reinforcement, floor screeding and precast plaster panels from early reinforced concrete building (7), c.1860, by William Wilkinson, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Details

Category:
Building Construction
Object Number:
1966-376 Pt57
type:
samples
credit:
Ministry of Technology (Watford)

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