RCAHMS comparative drawing of details of beam, stanchion and column supports Insc. "GDH"

Description RCAHMS comparative drawing of details of beam, stanchion and column supports Insc. "GDH"

Date c. 1985

Catalogue Number DC 10649

Category Prints and Drawings

Copies SC 358701, SC 358699, SC 358709, SC 358703, SC 358711, SC 358698, SC 358707, SC 358700, SC 358702, SC 358716, SC 358705, SC 358706, SC 358708, SC 358714, B 68908 P, A 62034

Scope and Content Detail drawing of reinforcement and gallery-suspension system on gantry-beam of central machine hall inside Randolph and Elder Engineering Works, Centre Street, City of Glasgow Randolph and Elder Engineering Works were built between 1858 and 1860. The neo-Egyptian facade made the building both prestigious and outstanding compared to other contemporary factories whose exteriors were often decorated, but less impressively. Stanchions, helped by tie-rods suspended from the gantry-beam (Q,R), support the side-galleries. Iron bands forming a stirrup (Q,S) reinforce the gantry-beam which is supported by stanchions and struts. Most of the weight of the roof and suspended galleries rests on the gantry-beams supported by four brick columns or 'corner-piers'. This cuts down the need for extra support from iron stanchions, so keeping the shop-floor uncluttered. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Medium Pencil

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