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

SC 358705

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

Catalogue Number SC 358705

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of DC 10649

Scope and Content Drawing of strut, strainer-beam, stanchion and gantry-beam connection ('C', 'D') at entrance to 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. The stanchion is connected to the gantry-beam with a clamp-plate (C). The struts and the strainer-beams are connected to the stanchion with box sockets (D) and bolted together with tie-rods. 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.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/358705

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