Cotton mill, commercial features. A text-book for the use of textile schools and investors (1899)
Tompkins, Daniel Augustus, 1851-1914 · Charlotte, N.C., The author · leaf 269
pography, etc. Sometimes foundations of brick mills are made ofstone. Sometimes mill walls are built thinner than the abovedimensions, and have pilasters where the timbers rest.This gives a panel effect to the walls, and is somewhatornamental. It is not recommended to build any wallsless than 13… … Fig- 55.—Mill Floor. Fig. 55 is a general view of a mill floor, showing theheavy timbers, with the thick floor, the intermediatefloor and the top floor. This engraving also shows themanner of running the sprinkler piping. It is an excellent plan to use uniform size timbersthroughout construction,…
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