True cinder blocks are vestiges of an era when coal burning was inefficient and waste cinders were plentiful. In 1913, a Pittsburgh brick mason named Francis Straub perfected a method of combining ...

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The answer seems to be adding a highly dexterous articulated arm that gives the robot the ability to chuck objects as heavy as cinder blocks. We’re not kidding, look at the image above and you ...

Port Colborne company Canal Block will begin producing cement-free CarbiCrete products next year once outfitted with a new curing system. Owned by the Bylsma family, the company at 3562 Nugent Rd. has ...

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Mayo homeowners affected by pyrite eligible for a maximum of €462,000 in compensation after 10 percent increase in maximum ...

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While their neighbor's home was getting hit by floods and electrical fires, the Reimold's held up with only minimal damage.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KATU) — Jury selection will begin Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of locking a woman in a cinder block cell in southern Oregon. Negasi Zuberi, a 29-year-old faces ...

He made it sound like a punishment — like a ruinous dare taken only by masochists and fools who don’t know any better. It’s ...

Residents of Florida's tiny Cedar Key reel after repeated hurricanes. In the face of more frequent, severe storms is it worth ...