By Eric Limer Published: May 17, 2016 10:21 AM EDT ...

Cement is necessary to make concrete, but there are few, if any, times that it can be used on its own. With its inherent weakness, using it for anything structural is downright dangerous.

Some of the most famous personalities of history became involved in the development and use of concrete—including King Herod the Great of Judea, the Roman emperor Hadrian, Thomas Edison (who once ...

News Universally accessible playground with concrete slide coming to bluff-top state park Published: Mar. 21, 2023, 2:21 p.m. Orchard Beach State Park, 2064 Lakeshore Road in Manistee Township ...

According to inventors.about.com, a story titled The History of concrete and cement, states that, Mr John Smeaton, a British engineer made the first modern concrete (hydraulic cement) in 1756, by ...