The San Francisco earthquake and fire; a brief history of the disaster; a presentation of facts and resulting phenomena, with special reference to the efficiency of building materials, lessons of the disaster (1906)
Himmelwright, Abraham Lincoln Artman, 1865-, Roebling Construction Co · New York, N.Y., The Roebling construction company · leaf 188
palled. There is a characteristic earthquake crack at thefourth story near the centre. The pressed red brick is ingood condition throughout. The north wall is cracked at severalplaces by the earthquake. This building was subjected to only a moderate fire. Twodouble reinforced concrete beams in the… … ACADEMY OF SCIENCE BUILDING. The upj)er view, taken in the basement story, shows the failure of areinforced concrete beam. The fire spalled off the concrete on the under side of the beam and exposed six of the 1 squaresection Ran.some twisted rod.s. This concrete beam still supports the wall above…
Building, Fireproof · Earthquakes · Fires
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