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Concrete Canoes Float By Notre Dame Origin Story
The piece traces concrete canoes from Notre Dame civil engineering in 1967 to Purdue's challenge and the spread of regional races. It notes lighter cores like styrofoam beads, and cites Kansas State University’s first canoe in 1972 weighing about 300 pounds, entered in Indianapolis.
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Joan Istas
Notre Dame Civil Engineering Department
Notre Dame
Purdue
U.S
Kansas State University
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Indianapolis