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| Title | The Berlin Iron Bridge Co. |
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| Publisher | Berlin Iron Bridge Co. |
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| Date | 1889 |
| Description | A 131-page booklet published in 1889 called “The Berlin Iron Bridge Co.” by the namesake title based out of East Berlin, Connecticut. Content includes illustrations of numerous bridges and architectural drawings of bridge components with accompanying text. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | TG380 .B47 1889 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b5572449~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Architecture Retail Catalog Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/aapamphlets |
| Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
| Use and Reproduction | This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please cite the item using the citation button. |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Page 99 |
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| File Name | aapam_201209_006du.jpg |
| Transcript | THE BERLIN IRON BRIDGE COMPANY, These Illustrations were taken direct from Photographs, The town of Litchfield, Conn., at an expense of several thousand dollars, lately completed a new town and county court house, which is shown in the cut below. The building was constructed entirely of wood, except in the center there was a brick vault for storing town records. The openings to this vault were protected by corrugated iron fire proof doors, furnished by The Berlin Iron Bridge Company. The view on the right shows the ruins after the fire. The letter which we received a few days after the fire from the architect, Robt. W. Hill, Esq., of Waterbury, Conn., explains how the doors protected the vault. AFTER THE FIRE. BEFORE THE FIRE. The Berlin Iron Bridge Co., East Berlin, Conn. : Waterbury, Conn., August 17, 1888. Dear Sirs:—I have just returned from Litchfield, Conn., where I examined the ruins of the new court house. The court house has been entirely consumed by fire, and nothing is left standing but two chimneys and the two brick vaults, which were built to preserve the town and county records. The doors on the vaults, which were furnished by your company, protected them perfectly. The vaults being new, no records had yet been placed in them, but the inside wood-work and some yellow pine shavings lying on the floor were unscorched. The outside doors are of course more or less warped and burned, but the inside vestibule doors are unharmed, the paint not being blistered; in fact they are in as good condition as when they were put in, and will be used again, and with some repairs, the outside doors can be used again. I have never seen a corrugated iron box door of any kind exposed to so severe a heat as this, and shall have no hesitation hereafter in recommending your corrugated iron doors for fire proof vaults. I consider this a very severe test, as the building was entirely of wood, and very heavily timbered. Yours very truly, ROBERT W. HILL, Architect. EAST BERLIN, CONNECTICUT, U. S. A. |