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 189
e 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 it, but is badly cracked. The lower view, taken in the first story, shows fourteen… … UNITED STATES MINT. Fifth and Mission Streets and Mint Avenue. This buikling of massive constructionoccupies an entire block with comparatively wide streets around it. The fa(;ades consist of granite for the basement story andlimestone above. The foundations rest on piles. It had an independent…
Building, Fireproof · Earthquakes · Fires
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