History of Cement Industry

١٢ Million BC: A mixture of limestone and liquid found in the rocks along the walls of oil-rich areas that gave rise to modern concrete. (Around present-day Israel)
568 BC: Construction of the first concrete structure.
٣٠٠٠ ٣٠٠٠ BC: The ancient Egyptians used a mixture of limestone and gypsum with water in regular blocks to build the pyramids.
٨٠٠ ٨٠٠ BC: The use of building mortars in ancient Greece.
٣٠٠ ٣٠٠ BC: Babylonians and Assyrians use a mixture of minerals in the form of stones and bricks.
٢٩٩ ٢٩٩ BC – 466 BC: Use of a soil-like object that is darker than normal soil and found in large quantities in Pozzuoli, near the Gulf of Naples, in buildings such as the Coliseum in Rome, the Basilica of Constantine has been used in Rome, the Pantheon in Rome, as well as the Pont dv Gard in the south of France, which is still standing today.
549 AD: The use of concrete buildings for arches and domes in museums, luxury buildings and also the use of concrete roofs to separate floors from each other.
– Year 2 to 150 AD: The use of baked lime and pozzolan in old buildings and also to motivate and interest people to use this type of material to strengthen buildings and structures.
Year 14: The discovery of cement by Mr. John Smithton in a new way.
سال AD: Discovery of hydraulic properties of cement.
Year 1: Publication of the book of discoveries and observations of construction mortars taken from cement.
Year 16: Registration of hydraulic properties of cement by Mr. James parker
١٨٠٠ AD: Mr. William Jessop builds a huge concrete anchorage in England
سال AD: Use of ordinary cement in France.
سال Year: Use of resistant cement and research on the hydraulic properties of cement in France.
AD 14: Portland cement obtained by Joseph Aspdin
1995 – Construction of the first modern concrete canal in the United States and the construction of a number of structures in New York.
سال AD: The first restorative use of Portland cement to strengthen and repair the American thames tunnel.
Year 2: Production of the first type of lime and cement in Canada and construction of concrete walls in the United States.
1996: The first systematic test to test the tensile and compressive strength of cement in Germany.
1409: Portland Cement Production Registration by J.M. Mouder, Son & Co.
1409 – Construction of the first precision chemistry laboratory to test Portland cement in Germany.
1950: Obtaining the first reinforced concrete and careful testing on it in France.
154 AD: Construction of the first concrete mixer in France.
160 AD: New cement compounds taken from Portland cement.
160 AD: Manufacture and testing of vertical concrete cylinders in the form of reinforced concrete with metal wires by Mr. Joseph Monier from France and Mr. William Wands from the United States.
1960 – Construction of strong concrete blocks in the United States.
Year 2: Construction of the highest quality Portland cement freight road in Scotland.
Year 16: Design and initial testing of a rotary cement kiln to replace vertical kilns.
سال AD: Construction of the first concrete bridge in the United States.
Year 2: Rotary kiln replacement plan instead of vertical kiln and also horizontal ball mills for better crushing of cement.
– Year 2: Announcement of 3 different formulas for making different types of cement.
Year 2: Standardization of preliminary tests of ordinary cement.
Year 2: Construction of the first high-rise concrete apartment in France.
Year 2: Construction of the first concrete skyscraper in Cincinnati, USA. (Ohio)
Year 6: Construction of a concrete house by Thomas Edison in New Jersey, USA.
Year 2: Registration of the design of the rotary cement kiln by Thomas Edison.
سال AD: Construction of a 6-foot concrete bridge in Rome.
Year 24: Completion of the construction of the Panama Canal by reinforced concrete structures 2 feet thick.
Year 35: Construction of a concrete car test room by Fiat in Turin, Italy.
1996 – Portland Cement Association is founded in Chicago, USA.
Year 2: Establishment of the Portland Cement Testing Standard in the United States.
Year 2: Establishment of companies for the production of street concrete paving in the United States.
: Year: Construction of the first horizontal concrete mixer truck in Seattle, USA.
سال AD: Construction of horizontal and vertical concrete mixers in the form of modern machines in the United States.
Year 2: Completion of the concrete structures of Alcatraz Prison.
1996: Construction of the first concrete dam in the United States.
1409: Execution of concrete surface of American airports. (Reinforced concrete)
350 AD: This year, the statistics of 3 cement batching plants in 6 American cities.
Year 356: Confirmation of the establishment of American highways from concrete structures.
1960 – Construction of the first concrete stadium in the United States.
Year 3: Construction of the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
Year 15: CN Tower in Toronto, Canada.
Year 35: Consecutive use of pozzolanic cement in various American structures.
Year 2: The tallest reinforced concrete structure in the world in Chicago, USA.
سال Year: Construction of the JFK Museum in Boston, USA – Made of glass and concrete.

And to this day, it can be said that cement plays a leading role in the construction of various structures, large and small.

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