| 1867/07/16 |
Joseph Monier is awarded a patent for an iron-reinforced trough to be used in landscaping. |
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| 1873/08/13 |
Joseph Monier files an addendum to his 1867 patent entitled "Application to the construction of bridges and walkways of all sizes". |
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| 1875/00/00 |
Architect Alfred Dauvergne hires Joseph Monier to erect a reinforced concrete bridge to span the moat at the Chateau de Chazelet. |
Monier Bridge, Chazelet
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| 1889/00/00 |
Grain merchant and architect, Frank Peavey, and civil engineer Charles F Haglin begin erecting a large, fireproof grain elevator of reinforce concrete. |
Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator, St Louis Park
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| 1893/00/00 |
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Melan Bridge, Rock Rapids
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| 1901/10/00 |
The Jubilee Bridge of the Emperor Franz Josef I opens in Ljubljana. The reinforced concrete arch structure, balustrades and the copper dragon statues where designed by Giorgio Zaninovich. |
Dragon Bridge, Ljubljana
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| 1903/00/00 |
US Government builds a 120 foot high, 25 foot diameter reinforced concrete water tower to hold a 118,000-gallon steel tank to serve Fort Revere. Erected by the Hennebique Construction Co, the tower is one of the earliest concrete water towers in the US. |
Telegraph Hill, Hull, MA
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| 1903/00/00 |
Discovering that concrete is stronger under compression, Julius Kahn patents an industrial construction technique of reinforced concrete. |
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| 1906/00/00 |
J D Spreckels commissions Harrison Albright to design and build a residence. The elegant Italian Renaissance style mansion is to be built of steel and reinforced concrete. |
John D Spreckels Mansion, Coronado
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| 1908/00/00 |
Montgomery Ward and Co Catalog House is erected at 600 W Chicago Ave, one of the first buildings to be constructed of reinforced concrete. |
Montgomery Ward Company Complex, Chicago
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| 1909/00/00 |
A ten story concrete skyscraper is finished for William Bisbee. During construction, the narrow 26 foot wide office building was completely rented so Bisbee had Klutho double the size of the building by removing the east wall and erecting a 2nd bay. |
Bisbee Building, Jacksonville, Jacksonville
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| 1909/00/00 |
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George H Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory, San Diego, CA
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| 1912/00/00 |
Building begins on the four story Toof Building, a reinforced concrete frame structure, faced with brick and terra cotta in an Egyptian style. |
Toof Building, Memphis, TN
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| 1912/00/00 |
A Hennebique Ferro-Concrete system footbridge is erected for the Richmond Corp crossing the LSWR line at Kew Gardens Station. The main bowstring section spans 23 metres. Bridge includes ramped parapets with blind arcade of ogee headed panels. |
Footbridge At Kew Gardens Station, Kew Gardens Station
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| 1913/00/00 |
The Chaffey Concrete Construction Co builds a two-story, prairie style single-family residence on speculation. All exterior walls of the home are built of single-pour reinforced concrete. |
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| 1913/09/13 |
Halen Bridge opens across the Aare river. |
Halenbrucke, Bern, CH
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| 1914/00/00 |
Harrods Depository Riverside Warehouse opens. The wedge-shaped building features an elaborate Baroque-style facade with keyed architraves to tripartite windows and a flight of 15 steps flanked by bronze uplighters. |
Harrods Depository Riverside Warehouse To East, Barnes
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| 1915/01/00 |
The Fromberg Bridge opens, the first such use of reinforced concrete in Montana carries traffic across the Clark's Fork. The final cost is twice what the county paid for steel bridges of similar length elsewhere on the same river. |
Fromberg Concrete Arch Bridge, Fromberg
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| 1917/00/00 |
The Castaic-Tejon Route is paved with reinforced concrete between 1917 and 1921. |
Ridge Route, Old, Castaic
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| 1926/06/14 |
C F Haglin and Sons is issued a permit to build a tree-story brick and concrete, industrial style office building with a reinforced concrete frame in Detroit, Michigan. The estimated cost of construction is $120,000. |
Graybar Electric Company Building, Detroit
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| 1928/09/18 |
Richard E Dill is awarded United States patent No 1684663 for a design for concrete "Prestressed channel plank modules." |
Richard E Dill House, Alexandria
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| 1930/08/18 |
The Salginatobel Bridge, a reinforced concrete arch bridge designed by Robert Maillart, opens near Schiers, Switzerland. |
Salginatobel Bridge, Schiers
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| 1960/00/00 |
Designed by architect Louis Kahn, the Richards Medical Research Laboratories opens. Built of load bearing, prefabricated, reinforced concrete elements, the design advanced the state of the art for reinforced concrete. |
Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Laboratories and David Goddard Laboratories Buildings, Philadelphia, PA
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