Fire insurance and how to build; combining also a guide to insurance agents respecting fire prevention and extinction, special features of manufacturi (1903)
Moore, Francis C. (Francis Cruger), 1842- · New York, The Baker & Taylor Company · leaf 419
chain, used for carrying basketsfrom floor to floor. With fierce fires above and below, it wasremarkable that the loss on the lower floors should be so light.The weakest point in the building was the roof. No attempthad been made to protect the steel work in the attic, and, as thesixth floor was… … VARIOUS PROCESSES, 403 The similarity of this photograph to that of the roof of theBank of New York Building is noticeablo. Can it be possiblethat any Insurance Inspector, after seeing these two illustrationsof the utter unreliability of iron when uncovered, would fail tocall attention to such…
Fire insurance · Building, Fireproof
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