The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 43
fed with concrete, while the latter would have cost a third morethan the reinforced concrete frame. The concrete structure also has theadvantage of being free from vibration, being monolithic in character, ofbeing practically as good a fire risk and requiring considerably less timein its erection.… … Hali-I Sacramciita. Main Enlrmuc lo Lo, Tin- .InhiUrl and l:iixiii,;-r i7 uiid earthquake iiroteetion, lower insurance rates, durability ami freedomfrom repairs and renewals. In the construction of the Hotel Sacramento not a stick of timber wasused and no wood excci)t for the doors, windows and…
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