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Concrete Canoes: Ready, Set, Race

Published May 25, 2012
By
Ron Gallagher Contributing Editor
AllRightyThan

They build canoes out of concrete. Concrete they design and engineer so it can float. Then they race.

“They” are the top 22 teams of students from around the country who will be competing in the 25th Annual ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno June 14-16.

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