Steel is scarce. Wood is not an option. And you need a boat now. These wartime circumstances drove innovation in all kinds of crazy directions, and one somewhat less crazy direction — concrete boats.

Steel is scarce. Wood is not an option. And you need a boat now. These wartime circumstances drove innovation in all kinds of crazy directions, and one somewhat less crazy direction — concrete boats.

FORT WALTON BEACH — Frederick G. Hodgson passed away in 1917 at what today seems a tender age of 57, having attained high honors as a U.S. Army officer and earned the undying respect of his peers. "He ...

To conserve steel during World War I, Mobile shipbuilders turned to an unlikely building material: concrete. On June 28, 1919, the first concrete-hulled ship built in Mobile, the USS Selma, was ...

This June the waters of Lake Sammamish will see sailboats, Jet Skis and a fleet of unconventional watercraft — concrete canoes. The University of Washington will host the American Society of Civil ...

The town plans to install a new concrete boat launch ramp at the Greenwich Point Marina, and a boater hopes it avoids the problems that have plagued the three-year-old concrete ramp at its Grass ...