Despite not receiving any mentions in the Doomsday Book, Watford does seem too upset, because it did get a mention in the Anglo-Saxon charter of 1007 and it has become a thriving town in its own right. Watford is known as a kind of gateway to the north, sitting close to the M25 and M1, the main artery that goes up toward Leeds from London. It is also a gateway to the north via the London railway system on the over ground railway.
When the Metropolitan Railway built its Watford branch in 1925 it only went as far as Cassiobury Park. The materials used in the construction of the railway were expensive, but the company wanted to extend the line right into the High street. In those days it wasn’t possible to buy concrete ready mixed in Watford, so supplies had to be shipped in in order to construct the new development and complete the Watford Central Tube Station. The town had excellent communication after this extension and industrial growth was stimulated heavily during the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries.
Composition and Uses
Concrete is composed of granular materials like aggregate and fillers which are embedded into another substance such as cement. Concrete has actually been a part of building history for many years, dating back to the Ancient Greeks and Roman Empire. The Romans especially used extensive amounts of concrete composed of pozzolana, quicklime, and pumice—unlike today’s concrete. The word concrete comes from ‘concretus’ which is Latin for compacted or condensed.
Modern concrete has become a global industry and there are many famous structures that are made from concrete, such as the Hoover Dam and the Panama Canal, among many other smaller structures and obelisks. As a perfect example of the use of concrete in the Roman Empire simply look at the Colosseum which still stands in part today, as a testament to the Romans’ innovative and inventive industrialism. Despite the popular use during the Roman Empire, concrete fell into very sparse use after the Empire collapsed. It didn’t enter its revival period until well into the eighteenth century, after a few technological breakthroughs in its construction. Nowadays concrete is one of the most popular building materials around the world.
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