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Concrete test cube, Duke Street

1968.11 1932 Concrete 152 mm cube

A six-inch cube cast from the same mix as the slab, kept twenty-eight days and then crushed to see whether the slab would hold. This one held, and the crack pattern across the face is the record of the test.

The date and the mix are pencilled on one face in a hand nobody has identified. It came off a shelf in the Public Works store when that store was cleared.

Accession
1968.11
Made
1932
Maker
Public Works Department, Kingston
Came from
Duke Street, Kingston
Material
Concrete
Size
152 mm cube
Kept
Store, bay 9

In store, and you can still see itIt is in store, bay 9. Add it to a request and pick a study day: two tables, Wednesday and Friday, 48 hours' notice, no charge.

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