Title: A Pioneer in the Use of Exposed Aggregate Concrete Meridian Hill Park – Circa 1916

Author(s): James W. Mann

Publication: Concrete International

Volume: 1

Issue: 10

Appears on pages(s): 84-86

Keywords: concrete; colored concrete; exposed aggregate concrete; history; mix proportioning; structural design

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Date: 10/1/1979

Abstract:
H. W. Peaslee and ACI member John J. Earley were pioneers in the use of exposed aggregate concrete in the Washington, D.C. area. One of the first major projects in the early 20th Century was Meridian Hill Park. These early developments and techniques are explained.