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Iron in the backbone. Naval dockyards in southern England and the development of iron-framed buildings
A significant part of the story of the British Industrial Revolution can be told by tracing the development of the use of iron in structures. Central to this story is the use of iron in "landmark" structures such as bridges. At the end of the eighteenth century timber framed buildings, such as the 1785 rope walk at Chatham Royal Dockyard, began to be replaced by buildings with structural cast iron components. The introduction of iron components occurs later in dockyard building than in textile When covers were erected over ship construction slips timber was initially the chosen construction material but, by the 1840s cast and wrought iron were used. A timber roof for a covered slipway was constructed at Plymouth Devonport in 1814 and similar roofs continued to be constructed until 1838 when the present timber roof over Number 3 Slip was erected at Chatham Dockyard; later slips, Nos. 4, 5, and 6, were covered with cast and wrought iron structures in 1847. In 1812 one of the Devonport rope walks, the East Ropery, burned down. A "fire-proof" building was constructed as a replacement. The roof of the rebuilt East Ropery is an all iron roof with cast iron compression members and wrought iron tension members. If original it is the first such roof. (3 pages)
Iron in the backbone. Naval dockyards in southern England and the development of iron-framed buildings
A significant part of the story of the British Industrial Revolution can be told by tracing the development of the use of iron in structures. Central to this story is the use of iron in "landmark" structures such as bridges. At the end of the eighteenth century timber framed buildings, such as the 1785 rope walk at Chatham Royal Dockyard, began to be replaced by buildings with structural cast iron components. The introduction of iron components occurs later in dockyard building than in textile When covers were erected over ship construction slips timber was initially the chosen construction material but, by the 1840s cast and wrought iron were used. A timber roof for a covered slipway was constructed at Plymouth Devonport in 1814 and similar roofs continued to be constructed until 1838 when the present timber roof over Number 3 Slip was erected at Chatham Dockyard; later slips, Nos. 4, 5, and 6, were covered with cast and wrought iron structures in 1847. In 1812 one of the Devonport rope walks, the East Ropery, burned down. A "fire-proof" building was constructed as a replacement. The roof of the rebuilt East Ropery is an all iron roof with cast iron compression members and wrought iron tension members. If original it is the first such roof. (3 pages)
Iron in the backbone. Naval dockyards in southern England and the development of iron-framed buildings
Marsh, J.O. (author)
2001-01-01
1 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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