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Portland cement was named after the Isle of Portland in the English Channel, and was first made in the early 1800s by a man named Joseph Aspdin. He patented it as "Portland cement" because the concrete it produced resembled the natural stone found on the Isle of Portland.
Portland cement was named after the Isle of Portland in the English Channel, and was first made in the early 1800s by a man named Joseph Aspdin.
He patented it as “Portland cement” because the concrete it produced resembled the natural stone found on the Isle of Portland.
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