Recent cotton mill construction and engineering (1894)
Nasmith, Joseph · London : J. Heywood · leaf 45
m of mill, one in which thebrick wall is run up to the roof between the windows,and the other in which it is merely a stool carryinga wood and glass framing, as shown in Fig. 14.The basement floor is 8ft. Gin. from floorto floor, and is lighted by side windows placed i2 just above groiiDd level,… … F:: a lower layer Sin. thick, topped by hardwood planking IJin. thick. The roof (a planof which is shown in Fig. 16), which consists ofSin. timbers, covered by gravel, terne plates, or pre- FiG. 16. pared cotton duck, is borne by rafters 16in. deep andlOin. wide, supported by a knee fixed to the…
Textile factories -- Design and construction · Cotton manufacture · Cotton machinery
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