Concrete Canoes Float to Victory in Seattle
U.S. Newswire, June, 2007
To: SPORTS EDITORS
Contact: Joan Buhrman, 1-703-295-6406 or cell, 1-571-213-3812, jbuhrman@asce.org
SEATTLE, June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the 1960s, a group of civil engineering students had what everyone thought was a crazy idea: they would design, build and race canoes made of concrete. Despite their success, no one would have believed that a national competition would evolve from the experiment, or that in 2007, the national competition would be celebrating its 20th annual event.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070617/CLSU023)
For the fifth year in a row, the University of Wisconsin-Madison team has captured the 'America's Cup of Civil Engineering' at the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) 20th Annual National Concrete...
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