Transactions . tin height by 14 feet square, and has a storage-capacity of more than000 quarters of grain, the entire series providing a total capacityof 35,000 quarters. Each silo is carried on ferro-concrete beamsand columns beneath the partition-walls (fig. 2), an arrangement FERRO-CONCRETE WORK AT DTTNSTON-TJPON-TYNE. 63 which results in much economy of space and affords ample spacefor the conveyor-hands by which the grain is transported fromthe discharge-outlets of the hoppers at the bottom of the silos. In the cleaning department, the engine-house occupies aspace extending to a height of
Transactions . tin height by 14 feet square, and has a storage-capacity of more than000 quarters of grain, the entire series providing a total capacityof 35,000 quarters. Each silo is carried on ferro-concrete beamsand columns beneath the partition-walls (fig. 2), an arrangement FERRO-CONCRETE WORK AT DTTNSTON-TJPON-TYNE. 63 which results in much economy of space and affords ample spacefor the conveyor-hands by which the grain is transported fromthe discharge-outlets of the hoppers at the bottom of the silos. In the cleaning department, the engine-house occupies aspace extending to a height of two stories, its roof being formedof arched beams with a clear span of 36 feet, which cany thecolumns affording intermediate support for all the floors beams also carry a travelling crane of 10 tons and atraveller-beam, which is hung from brackets at one side of theengine-house. To provide for the accommodation of vessels bringing wheatto the granary, a ferro-concrete wharf, partly in the form of a. Fk;. 3. —Ferroconcrete Jetty. jetty, had been constructed to a length of about 420 feet. Thisstructure consists of Hennebique piles continued in the form ofcolumns, securely braced in every direction and connected by acontinuous decking-slab. This jetty has been extended for afurther length of 380 feet, thereby affording further accommoda-tion for loading and discharging vessels, and, at the same time,opening the way for the reclamation of the area between the river-bank and the jetty. The extension (tig. 3), completed a few monthsago, comprises twenty-one bays, each founded on six Mouchelhollow-diaphragm piles, having an average Length of 45 feet, andbuilt monolithic, with a ferro-concrete superstructure consistingof columns, walings, bracing and a continuous decking. C>4 FERROCONCRETE WORK AT DFNSTON-FPON-TYNE. A novel type of granary-building, 176 feet long, 92 feet wideand 80 feet high above quay-level, is being erected on a reclaimedsite, behind the original j
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