Fireproof construction for houses and other buildings at moderate cost. . Plate 55. A hotel building at Glen Cove, Long Island. Crute & Week, Brooklyn, N. Y.,Architects. Frederick Wandelt, Jersey City, N. |. Engineer. This is a four story building, strictly fireproof throughout, the walls being of 8 inch TerraCotta Hollow Tile: the floors of reinforced Hollow Tile similar to detail on page 66 and theporches of this same construction: the stairs of reinforced concrete; the balconies of cast concretereinforced and the roof is the same as the floor construction and is supported on reinforced conc
Fireproof construction for houses and other buildings at moderate cost. . Plate 55. A hotel building at Glen Cove, Long Island. Crute & Week, Brooklyn, N. Y.,Architects. Frederick Wandelt, Jersey City, N. |. Engineer. This is a four story building, strictly fireproof throughout, the walls being of 8 inch TerraCotta Hollow Tile: the floors of reinforced Hollow Tile similar to detail on page 66 and theporches of this same construction: the stairs of reinforced concrete; the balconies of cast concretereinforced and the roof is the same as the floor construction and is supported on reinforced concretegirders. .Xll partitions of Terra Cotta Hollow Tile. This building was originally figured for frame construction, but fireproof construction asdetailed above was finally adopted. By adopting the fireproof construction there was secured asaving in insurance premiums alone amounting to $ per year. This saving will in itselfin a few years cover the entire difl^erence in cost between frame and fire-proof Plate 56. Interior view of construction of Glen Cove Hotel, showing tireprooi partitions,floors, and roof.
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