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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Oct 6, 2008
Keeping in mind the date - 1848 - and the fact that I'm looking for the *first* use of ferrocement, not just anything French that was ever built of concrete, it should be quite obvious that it's not the Maginot Line.
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Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Oct 6, 2008
Ooh, Mal! I like it when you're masterful! You do keep them in line luvvly!
Oh, one last guess before I give up. Well, two.
Flooring
or
Swimming pools?
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pedro Posted Oct 6, 2008
Railway...... thingies.
The things that keep the tracks from slipping away from each other like a novice skier's skis.
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Oct 6, 2008
Not railway ties, coal bunkers, flooring, or swimming pools. (Though the latter would be handy for floating the boat, I suppose.)
As KB rightly says, he was a gardener, and the project is related to that.
Any more guesses as to the other one's job?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Oct 6, 2008
Pilot.
The world record, quickest decent for un-aided flight, with wing flaps. ferrocement
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Oct 7, 2008
No, neither. Paving slabs don't need to be reinforced.
But the birdbath is sailing close...
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Oct 7, 2008
No, not a bird house.
It's more to do with why you'd need to make the bird bath of reinforced concrete 
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Oct 7, 2008
Why not ostrich dams to keep that pesky mid-19th-Century French ostrich plague under control, while we're at it?
No, not ostrich pens.
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