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  • Thumbnail for Cotton mill
    using fireproof construction were built in Shropshire and Derbyshire in the 1790s and Philips & Lee's mill built in Salford in 1801–2. Fireproofing took...
    75 KB (9,058 words) - 00:29, 14 July 2024
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    standards, as reflected in common North American construction specifications. An item classed as fireproof is resistant in specified circumstances, and may...
    14 KB (1,650 words) - 09:06, 13 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hotel Victoria (Toronto)
    noted for its fireproof construction, efficient site planning, and its Canadian design and materials. The respected journal Construction called the Hotel...
    18 KB (1,763 words) - 02:42, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rafael Guastavino
    Guide, Guastavino was identified as the contractor in charge of "fireproof construction" of the luxury apartment building, which was completed in 1884....
    16 KB (1,711 words) - 03:44, 15 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Smithsonian Institution Building
    completed in 1855. Construction funds came from "accrued interest on the Smithson bequest." Despite the upgraded fireproof construction, a fire in 1865 caused...
    14 KB (1,494 words) - 01:36, 13 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Winecoff Hotel fire
    in Atlanta, Georgia, the Winecoff Hotel was advertised as "absolutely fireproof". While the hotel's steel structure was indeed protected against the effects...
    25 KB (3,056 words) - 07:11, 14 August 2024
  • hours a day". The hospital closed in 1998. The buildings were considered fireproof - the floors were of concrete covered by linoleum, and the walls and partitions...
    82 KB (11,292 words) - 14:54, 20 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Construction of the World Trade Center
    concluded that "The existing condition of the fireproofing prior to aircraft impact and the fireproofing thickness on the WTC floor system did not play...
    90 KB (10,567 words) - 15:34, 26 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Structural clay tile
    of the most popular materials for fireproofing iron and steel construction. However, its capacity for fireproofing was not fully realized until Peter...
    15 KB (1,834 words) - 13:47, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for A Fireproof House for $5000
    "A Fireproof House for $5000" is an article and house design by Frank Lloyd Wright published in the Ladies' Home Journal in April 1907. It is Wright's...
    18 KB (1,840 words) - 18:41, 28 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Westonbirt House
    with the latest technology such as gas lighting, central heating, fireproof construction and iron roofs. It is now a Grade I listed building. Extensive formal...
    14 KB (1,928 words) - 13:21, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wallace, Idaho
    installed an improved water system, and adopted ordinances requiring fireproof construction in certain downtown areas. In 1892, mine owners in the Coeur d'Alenes...
    43 KB (4,740 words) - 00:27, 20 August 2024
  • is another fireproofing material that has been largely phased out, due to its health risks, including asbestosis and mesothelioma. Fireproof Non-flammable...
    3 KB (295 words) - 15:11, 19 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Height of Buildings Act of 1899
    Height of Buildings Act of 1899 (category Construction law)
    erected to a height of seventy-five feet [22.86 m] without being of fireproof construction. SEC. 3. That all buildings, except churches, hereafter erected...
    13 KB (1,620 words) - 03:25, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Polo Grounds
    basically as is, with gaps remaining on each side between the new fireproof construction. The Giants rose from the ashes along with their ballpark, winning...
    76 KB (8,351 words) - 09:45, 15 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Guastavino tile
    which still stands. The records and drawings of the Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company are preserved by the Department of Drawings & Archives in...
    11 KB (1,123 words) - 15:47, 18 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pawnee City, Nebraska
    was destroyed by a fire. Downtown was subsequently rebuilt with fireproof construction. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total...
    10 KB (909 words) - 21:24, 8 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for First Church of Christ, Scientist (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
    Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company, which in 1898 had done the reconstruction of the dome in The Rotunda at UVA and the construction in 1906 of...
    4 KB (333 words) - 18:01, 9 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for William Smith Fraser
    Penn–Liberty Historic District. Fraser was an early proponent of fireproof construction, using clay tile to protect structural members in larger buildings...
    7 KB (744 words) - 08:30, 27 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cottonopolis
    warehouse". Household Words. 9: 269. Williams & Farnie 1992, p. 14 Fireproof Construction, Looking at Buildings, retrieved 13 July 2012 "City Centre", Spinning...
    16 KB (1,824 words) - 09:55, 19 July 2024
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