Ferro-concrete Granary. (Dunston?)
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Image from page 74 of "Transactions" (1852)
Identifier: transactions58nort Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidtransactions58nort">Transactions Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1852">1852 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1850">1850s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorNorth_of_England_Institute_of_Mining_and_Mechanical_Engineers__Newcastle_upon_Tyne">North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorNorth_of_England_Institute_of_Mining_and_Mechanical_Engineers__Newcastle_upon_Tyne__Report_of_the_Committee_upon_mechanical_coalcutting__1905">North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Report of the Committee upon mechanical coalcutting, 1905 Subjects: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectMineral_industries">Mineral industries https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectMechanical_engineering">Mechanical engineering Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherNewcastle_upon_Tyne">Newcastle-upon-Tyne Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorGerstein___University_of_Toronto">Gerstein - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorUniversity_of_Toronto">University of Toronto View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/transactions58nort/transactions58nort#page/n74/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/transactions58nort" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidtransactions58nort">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/transactions58nort/transactions58nort#page/n74/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: -steel, withround metal ends, is covered with an acid-proof paint. The accumulator feeds the glow lamp, giving 1\ to 2 candle-power, for 12 hours. The accumulator is connected up to asimple charging-device by plugs. The weight of the lamp, ready for use, is 4 pounds, and theheight is MU inches. Mr. J. Or. Weeks, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Cremerfor his paper, stated that the Wolf-Uohres lamp was a step in theright direction, if it would burn 12 hours, although the weightwas somewhat excessive. It was unfortunate that an electriclamp would not detect the presence! of gas. Mr. M. Walton Brown seconded the resolution which wascordially approved. FERRO-CONCRETE WORK AT prXKTON-VPON-TYNE. 61 THE NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING ANDMECHANICAL ENGINEERS, EXCURSION MEETING,Held at Dunston-upon-Tyne, Auchtst 29th, 1907. FERRO-CONCRETE WORK AT DTTNSTON-UPON-TYNE. In addition to a warehouse built ou the Mouohel-Heniiebiquesystem of ferro-concrete near the northern bank of the river Text Appearing After Image: Pig. L. — Ferro-concrete Granary. T\ lie, ai Newcastle, the Co-operative Wholesale Society, Limited,has adopted Ihc same method of construction for the execution 62 FERR0-C0XCRETK WORK AT DUNSTON-UPON-TYNE. of other interesting examples of architectural and engineeringwork in the district. The most important of these buildings is erected at Dunston,and measures 155 feet in length, 110 feet in width, and 94 feetin height to the uttermost level. This structure (fig. 1) com-prises a granary divided into fifty-six bins or silos for the stor-age of grain, and a grain-cleaning house surmounted by a towercontaining a. tank for water-sprinkling apparatus, while themain roof of the cleaning-house forms a water-storage lank, tfeet deep. The building stands upon a continuous foundation-slab of ferro-concrete, connecting the heads of numerous piles Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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