Another application in 1878 covered reinforced concrete railway sleepers.
After a meeting with Frank Gummow of Sydney in 1897, Anderson negotiated an agreement for the firm to became the Victorian agents for reinforced concrete using the Monier patents and won several contracts for bridges using the technology and he and Monash concentrated on building concrete bridges.
Joseph Monier (1823-1906), one of the principal inventors of reinforced concrete
Joseph Monier, the inventor of reinforced concrete used in construction, was born in the village in 1823.
Joseph Stalin | Joseph Conrad | Saint Joseph | Joseph Haydn | Joseph Beuys | Joseph | Joseph Goebbels | Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor | Joseph Barbera | Joseph Chamberlain | Joseph Brodsky | Franz Joseph I of Austria | Joseph Henry Blackburne | Joseph Banks | Joseph McCarthy | Joseph II | Joseph Campbell | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Joseph Priestley | Joseph Bonaparte | Joseph Pulitzer | Joseph Stiglitz | Joseph Paxton | Joseph Addison | Joseph Rothrock | Joseph Losey | Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister | Joseph Story | Joseph Whitworth | Joseph Pitton de Tournefort |