Fun fact on the topic of curing, the Hoover Dam was built with chilled water coolant lines running throughout the bulk of the dam in order to dissipate heat through the curing process. Without cooling, the sheer mass of the dam and concrete&#x27;s exothermic curing process would have basically caused the dam to self destruct from expansion&#x2F;contraction.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usbr.gov&#x2F;lc&#x2F;hooverdam&#x2F;history&#x2F;essays&#x2F;concrete.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usbr.gov&#x2F;lc&#x2F;hooverdam&#x2F;history&#x2F;essays&#x2F;concrete.htm...</a>