![]() ![]() This article explores the origin, history, design, performance and relevance today of cinder slab construction with focus primarily on use in New York City (NYC) however, it was used in many other parts of the country as well.Ĭinder concrete slab construction, also known as cinder arches, “goulash” construction, or even “short span arch construction”, was a type of reinforced concrete slab system consisting of low strength concrete which used cinders as an economic substitute for stone aggregate and draped wire mesh as reinforcement. Of these varied archaic systems, cinder concrete slab construction became one of the most dominant structural slab systems used from the 1920s to the 1940s. Although now known as “archaic” structural systems, as they are no longer used and have been replaced with modern methods and materials, these systems represent a large portion of our building stock. Cast iron, wrought iron, structural steel and reinforced concrete framing systems, terra cotta arch construction, cinder concrete slabs, and many proprietary systems were introduced during this period. The years between the 1870s and 1940s represented a golden age of new technology in structural systems. ![]() ![]() The great fires of the 1800s in Chicago, New York, and elsewhere spurred a technology race to develop the best fireproof floor system. ![]()
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