/news/2010/03/17/djc-dictionary-gunite/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:13:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 /news/2010/03/17/djc-dictionary-gunite/#comment-15214 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:09:33 +0000 /?p=48665#comment-15214 […] Original bridge architect Conde McCullough, looking at the corrosive pollution spewing from nearby mills, decided that a typical paint coating wouldn’t be enough to protect the bridge, according to an Oregon Department of Transportation history. He decided to encase the exposed steel in a sprayed-on concrete called gunite. […]

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