Iron corrosion; anti-fouling and anti-corrosive paints . ideration was bestowedon the question whether the use of iron for bridge buildingis not only cheap but also advisable, in view of the specialconditions of maintenance exacted bj the situation andmethod of construction, so there was little fear expressedthat the smoke and steam given off by the engines would belikely to cause such an extent of damage as was actuallyfound to exist, in the Coppinger bridge in particular. Even IRON-CORROSION AND ANTI-CORROSIVE PAINTS. 23 in recent years when the question was posed at the invitationof the Bav
Iron corrosion; anti-fouling and anti-corrosive paints . ideration was bestowedon the question whether the use of iron for bridge buildingis not only cheap but also advisable, in view of the specialconditions of maintenance exacted bj the situation andmethod of construction, so there was little fear expressedthat the smoke and steam given off by the engines would belikely to cause such an extent of damage as was actuallyfound to exist, in the Coppinger bridge in particular. Even IRON-CORROSION AND ANTI-CORROSIVE PAINTS. 23 in recent years when the question was posed at the invitationof the Bavarian State Railways, most of the railway managersdenied having encountered similar unfavourable the opinion then expressed by the Bavarian StateRailway ofiicials is universally held ; this is particularlyshown by the experience gained in America and publishedin the technical press. To resume the consideration of thequestion at issue, it must be observed that the maintenanceand supervision of these two bridges was formerly, without. Pig. 6 (uatural size).—Rust on rolled iron plate, produced by a single appli-cation of water left to dry on. doubt, carried on in a perfunctory manner. The traffic—especially that of shunting engines — passing under thebridges precluded the employment of the ordinary painterscradles, and the men were obliged to work on planks sus-pended from the longitudinal girders and, of necessity,extending but a short distance below the framework. Heretheir confined and cramped position, and the great personalinconvenience caused by the smoke and steam from theengines passing underneath, led them to get through the 24 lEON-COREOSION AND ANTI-COEBOSIVE PAINTS. work with the utmost despatch without much regard tothoroughness or the XDiescribed regulations. The removal ofthe soot and rust on the ironwork would certainly be veryinefficiently effected, and doubtless the paint was laid ondamp places without previously drying them. Consequent
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