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Regular concrete lasts centuries. Reinforced concrete lasts 50-100 years. Why did the mania for reinforced concrete begin, and why didn't we switch away from it once it became apparent that it only lasted a few decades?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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