Title:
Concrete: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - A Century of Concrete Ties
Author(s):
Amir N. Hanna
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
12
Issue:
8
Appears on pages(s):
52-53
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DOI:
Date:
8/1/1990
Abstract:
It has been more than a century since concrete was first considered as a material for railroad ties. Designs were introduced in 1884 and the first concrete ties were installed in the u.s. in 1893 by the Reading Company in Germantown, Pennsylvania.