The illustrated London news . THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF building for the Groat Exhibition of 1862 is pro-ceeding under Id. ...r^ Kelk and Lucas in real earnest, and with 1 :eg ie ground; now th(its real proportions, . from the ground, whilst foot—and, subsequent!; cfceu of the brickwork of them the fact that nearly twenty?nstrueling t liciii. The flooring ighted h> ;.!?;?? laid> 1401b. on the square with a weight increased lo 2U01b. on the greater tha: required ir. Tliis gallery, nut. be the unbroken line of Hal-wall :-w:is anticipated
The illustrated London news . THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF building for the Groat Exhibition of 1862 is pro-ceeding under Id. ...r^ Kelk and Lucas in real earnest, and with 1 :eg ie ground; now th(its real proportions, . from the ground, whilst foot—and, subsequent!; cfceu of the brickwork of them the fact that nearly twenty?nstrueling t liciii. The flooring ighted h> ;.!?;?? laid> 1401b. on the square with a weight increased lo 2U01b. on the greater tha: required ir. Tliis gallery, nut. be the unbroken line of Hal-wall :-w:is anticipated to be; then • of 50ft. Jlu- > s howe, bring made only by lofty brick archer:, similar t ji the same de-eription w-Heh. were used at the. : Exhibition win, sueh good middle of the picture gallery will be one of the to the basement of the building; and such is the !?.-? ;.!?..? four piers in ] 7 ft, wide by 10 ft. deep, and 00 ft. In iU navisquare and These columns ai as great as can ever possibly come i from 2S to 30 tons. a weight of from 72factory by ttbeen resolved by them ttheir minimum breakinj i floor of the galleries, it is estimated r ;he walls whichhigh, all of solid }eter. The other Sin. in diameter. The trellis-girders, , even this not being deemed sconscientious and wisely-cautious cont eir thickness so as t the same amount of skill ami ingenuity in the h<\ ing out of the work,and for facilitating the rapid operation and pnrision of labour beenemployed, as in the stupendous buildm:;. The picture pre-sented is that of a building being put by rapid but im-perceptible -?— ? ?? inaU d along the-se a couple of men ran move a truck ? i girders a
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