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An old concrete utility pole in Mount Pleasant.[/caption]
Above is a close-up of a relative rarity in Vancouver, a precast, spun-concrete utility pole; this one is in a Mount Pleasant back alley. It looks virtually brand new but it's from the 1970s. It bears a maker's label which explains that it was manufactured by the now-defunct company Spun-Beton of Kamloops, B.C. in 1979.
"Béton" is French for concrete and the French pretty much invented prefabricated, reinforced concrete beginning in the 1850s. Their engineers and companies spread the technology around the world so most major languages use the French word for concrete.
An old concrete utility pole in Mount Pleasant.[/caption]Above is a close-up of a relative rarity in Vancouver, a precast, spun-concrete utility pole; this one is in a Mount Pleasant back alley. It looks virtually brand new but it's from the 1970s. It bears a maker's label which explains that it was manufactured by the now-defunct company Spun-Beton of Kamloops, B.C. in 1979.
"Béton" is French for concrete and the French pretty much invented prefabricated, reinforced concrete beginning in the 1850s. Their engineers and companies spread the technology around the world so most major languages use the French word for concrete.
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