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Sample of Simulated Intermediate Level Waste by BNFL, 1990.

1990-1991

Concrete block made from refuse, Colombia

1980-1989

Concrete tiles made with captured carbon

c. 2020

CarbonCure Concrete Samples

2020

Dumbbell made with captured carbon

c.2020
Lamp post, cast iron on concrete base, Midland Railway, ex Defford or Berkeley Road station.

Cast iron lamp post, Midland Railway

Lamp post, cast iron on concrete base, Midland Railway, ex Defford or Berkeley Road station.

Cast iron lamp post, Midland Railway

Lamp post, cast iron on concrete base.

Cast iron lamp post

Milepost, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, concrete, 31 and three quarter miles.

Milepost, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway

Lamp post, cast iron on concrete base.

Cast iron lamp post

Model railway track, 1/4 scale, section of paved railway track made by Robert MacGregor & Sons Ltd, 1974.

model concrete track slab

1974
Four pieces of 12th century concrete. These are fragment from a cast stone lintel at Carcassone

Four pieces of 12th century concrete

1101-1200
Piece of the Berlin wall mounted on perspex, 1961-1989

Piece of the Berlin wall mounted on perspex

1961-1989
Two chairs mounted on concrete "pot" sleepers, with tie bar, recovered from Oxford goods yard, British Rail Western Region. Chairs marked "1942 GWR";

Two Chairs Mounted on Concrete "Pot" Sleepers

1942
Reinforced concrete section from Woolston Quay, Southampton, Hennebique system, built 1899, the first use in England. Early development of reinforced concrete was largely in France. The system devised by Francois Hennebique (1842-1921) was introduced to Britain under licence by Louis Gustave Mouchel (1852-1908) in 1897 at William Weaver & Co Grain silos, Swansea. Mouchel now (as of 2003ish) a major construction company with a turnover of over £70 million. See also 1986-1478.

Reinforced Concrete Section from Woolston Quay

1899
Model railway sleeper, 1/4 scale, Dow-Mac reinforced concrete sleeper with Pandrol clip retaining flat-bottomed rail, sleeper in 'perspex', c1974.

Model railway sleeper

1974
Reinforced concrete shell section, 350mm, for "West" piling system

Reinforced concrete shell section

Specimen from Weaver's Mill, Swansea, 1898 - one steel bar with section of floor concrete

Specimen from Weaver's Mill

1898
Newtonian reflecting telescope with ten-inch glass mirror, on an equatorial fork mounting, made by Horace Dall in Luton, England, UK, 1933-1937.

Ten-inch Newtonian telescope made by Horace Dall

1933-1937
Piece of the Berlin wall, one face red, 1961-1989.

Piece of the Berlin wall, one face red, 1961-1989.

1961-1989
Triangular precast concrete unit made by Atlas Stone Co. Ltd, from Welbeck Street car park, designed by Michael Blampied & Partners and structural engineers John de Bremaeker & Partners, London, 1968-1971.

Concrete Unit Recovered from Welbeck Street Car Park

1968-71
Artwork, ATLAS PROTOTYPE, by James Capper, 2015.

ATLAS PROTOTYPE by James Capper, 2015

2015