WEBThis book can be summarised as being a guide to over a century of building in iron and steel sections con- taining information on properties of materials, profiles, loads and stresses. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
19th-century Structural Ironwork in Buildings - Building …
WEBCast iron beams and columns in buildings appeared in the 1790s, firstly in the multi-storey textile mills where workers and machines were crowded together (figure 2). Soon after, commercial and then naval dockyards were using structural iron in store-houses.
Inside an Historic Roof - | Nicholson Price Associates
WEBOct 1, 2019 · large late nineteenth century house, cast iron access doors for cleaning chimney flues occupation and that the attic rooms are a later alteration. Evidence of an alteration includes the size and type of floorboards, introduction of roof lights, and the style of staircase and doors.
Cast-iron architecture - Wikipedia
WEBCast-iron architecture is the use of cast iron in buildings and objects, ranging from bridges and markets to warehouses, balconies and fences.
WEBThe floor beams were the first lot of wrought-iron beams rolled in the United States, by the Trenton Iron Works. One cast-iron facade, brick side walls and rear. 1860 United States Warehousing Company grain elevator, Brooklyn, George Johnson engineer, Architectural Iron Works builders, demolished.
THE JACK ARCH: its origin and use in NSW - Architect Bulletin
WEBDespite this, the jack arch continued to be used in New South Wales well into the 20th century. It usually consisted of unreinforced lightweight coke concrete vaults cast on curved corrugated iron sheets spanning between iron beams: a …
Architectural Cast Ironwork | Restoration & Conservation Guide
WEBA guide to cast iron and its restoration. Explore ferrous metals, metallurgy, production techniques, architectural metalwork, historical context and best practice conservation.
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WEBThese coincided mostly with the building’s changes in use, but started already in the late nineteenth century while it was still a residential building. These consisted in the addition of the cast iron balcony, modification of the flat roof with the construction of a pitched corrugated iron roof, and various internal modifications.
19TH CENTURY CAST-IRON BEAMS: THEIR DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND RELIABILITY ...
WEBJun 5, 2015 · experiments upon cast and malleable iron, at the milton iron works, yorkshire, in february, 1843.
An Iron Will - Building Conservation
WEBBeing equally strong in tension and compression, wrought iron was good for beams, trusses, and tie-bars, while cast iron remained popular for columns as it was cheaper, as well as being stronger in compression (see comparative strengths table, below).