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 209
enamelled face. Effects of the Fire and tlie Earthqnake: The upper storj^ and cornice of the front have fallen down.The rest of the sand-stone front is slightly spalled around thewindow openings by the fire, but is otherwise in good condition.The roof was supported on light star section columns,… … 306 floor. In the fourth stor^, two steel wall columns in the frontare badly deflected by the heat. The expanded metal partitionsenclosing the stairway and elevator shaft in the upper storiesare standing, but are badly distorted. The 6 hollow tile par-titions in the first story are wrecked, most of…
Building, Fireproof · Earthquakes · Fires
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