Recent cotton mill construction and engineering (1894)
Nasmith, Joseph · London : J. Heywood · leaf 35
type of floor, shown in Fig. 10, which isadopted in America and carried out by the Carnegieyteel Company, is a variation on the ordinaryconcrete floor. In this case the vertical pillars arebuilt of steel and the main girders are duplex, havingjoists or cross beams fixed to them by angle irons.The… … I 33 the ordinary type of concrete. A layer of concreteor cement two inches thick is laid on the top ofthis arch, on which the flooring battens are laid, andboards fixed as usual. The chief feature of thisconstruction is that the whole of the weight of thebuilding is carried by the steel columns,…
Textile factories -- Design and construction · Cotton manufacture · Cotton machinery
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