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 197
d moved to the east away from the building about 6 feet. Atthe building line, the ground settled about 2 feet, causing the displacement of the granite coping, steps, etc., at the sidewalklevel, as shown, ihe .sidewalk was originally a straight grade on the right-hand side where the sag is now… … .5 1. g c 194 away from tlie furrino supports. TIr clips by which the fur-ring was attached to the beams were also of })oor design. Coitnnciifs: ]\Iuch of the facing of granite in the walls of this building-is damaged and cracked, and will have to be taken down andrebuilt over considerable areas.…
Building, Fireproof · Earthquakes · Fires
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