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 251
th these failures will no doubt be ascertained later,after the obstructions and over-burdens have been removed. Cast-iron columns were used in some of the fire-jHoof buildings and were generallyem])loyed in the Class B buildings. On account of less rigidity in the methods of fram-ing in connection… … WAREHOUSE. Beale Street, between Howard and Folsom Streets, oecupied by The Dunham, Harrigan and HaydenCompany. Showing the etiect of an intensely hot fire whicli destroyed cast iron columns. The metal where the columns havebeen severed is very little thicker than ordinary pasteboard. 24S and…
Building, Fireproof · Earthquakes · Fires
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