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by ricardobeat 2524 days ago
> They are well structured blocks of rocks that distributes the load well basically

So is a building like the Burj Dubai, but this is an incredible understatement of the technology involved. The reason Roman concrete is interesting is that until ~50 years ago we had no idea what made it so durable. Dams are being built using these discoveries, sounds quite useful to me.