Great Wall of China

Of course, lime is no longer used to light up the stage, but it is still used today in an application that has been around for millennia—making concrete. In fact, the Great Wall of China is made of lime cement. 

Mortar, a mixture of lime, sand, and water, has been used in construction for thousands of years. The Appian Way, many early Roman and Greek buildings, and the Great Wall of China were constructed using mortar containing lime. In the Western Hemisphere, the Incas and Mayans used lime in mortar. The composition of mortar can vary rather widely, but the usual composition is about one-fourth lime, three-fourths sand, and a small amount of water to make the mixture into a paste. Essential ingredients are a solid such as sand and lime that is converted to Ca(OH)2 by reaction with water. 

Clay was commonly used for making pottery in prehistory. Silts are sometimes used in ceramics and are a basic component in building materials such as mud daub, mud bricks, adobe, and fired brick. Sods, soil, and other sediments were used in the construction of earthworks by prehistoric peoples for walls, tombs, and other monuments. For example, the early civilizations of China used rammed earth to build house foundations and enormous city walls. Silt was packed down in wood frames using heavy wooden rammers and layer after layer built up. Parts of the Great Wall of China were built using rammed earth more than 2,000 years ago and remain standing today. 

Hawkes, Nigel. Structures TheWay Thin Are Built. 1990. Reprint. New brk Macmillan, 1993. Discusses many weU-known civil engineering projects. Chapter 4 contains information about seventeen projects, including the Great Wall of China, the Panama Canal, and the Dutch Delta Plan. Contains illustrations and discussion of the effect of the projects. 

There was a considerable local variability in tsunami damage. Some of the most horrific video and photographs came from Miyako City, in the Taro area, where the population had felt safe behind a 10-m tsunami barrier known locally as the Great Wall of China . The barrier was over-topped and huge damage ensued (Fig. 15.3). 

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Many of the megaengineering projects constructed throughout human history have left us with immense and spectacular features on the Earth s landscape. The Egyptian pyramids, the Great Wall of China, the Panama Canal and BurJ Dubai all offer visually unforgettable reminders of the feats that can be accomplished by the... 

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