At 01:40 the list of ships includes one named SS Francois Hennebique. Where J-L Lambot (00:39) was the father of Ferro-Cement - Hennebique was the father of Reinforced-Concrete. Hennebique , or his licencees, built thousands of concrete structures in the UK including the famous Hennebique Bridge at Brooklands Circuit, Weybridge, the first purpose-built banked motor-racing circuit in the world. That bridge still survives, as does another Hennebique construction, the footbridge crossing the railway lines at Kew Gardens station.
Of all the things I learnt about WW2, this was somehow never one of them, thanks for the video.
At 01:40 the list of ships includes one named SS Francois Hennebique.
Where J-L Lambot (00:39) was the father of Ferro-Cement - Hennebique was the father of Reinforced-Concrete.
Hennebique , or his licencees, built thousands of concrete structures in the UK including the famous Hennebique Bridge at Brooklands Circuit, Weybridge, the first purpose-built banked motor-racing circuit in the world. That bridge still survives, as does another Hennebique construction, the footbridge crossing the railway lines at Kew Gardens station.
Cool, thanks for the story.
This is one of those videos that makes you check to make sure it's not April 1st.
Ironically AI has made me do more research than less of it. Because ever so often I see something like this and question if it’s true or not.😂
There's a small one abandoned on a river bank near where I live here in the UK
Where exactly?
I wonder how the cost calculations would change if one of these were built today with a nuclear powerplant in place of a diesel one?