Building and industrial news . thoroughly cleaned tofree It from rust, grease, and moisture,the Biturine paint is applied cold witha brush. The enamel can be put onIn any thickness desired, and will lastmany times longer than ordinary properly applied it will doublethe lifetime of steel or iron, adoat orashore, above or below ground. The Associated Oil Company orderedBiturine with which to coat one hun-dred and sixty-nine miles of its rilledpipe-line from the Bakersfleld oil dis-trict to water transportation. And theUnited States Government is usingHlturlne as a protective covering
Building and industrial news . thoroughly cleaned tofree It from rust, grease, and moisture,the Biturine paint is applied cold witha brush. The enamel can be put onIn any thickness desired, and will lastmany times longer than ordinary properly applied it will doublethe lifetime of steel or iron, adoat orashore, above or below ground. The Associated Oil Company orderedBiturine with which to coat one hun-dred and sixty-nine miles of its rilledpipe-line from the Bakersfleld oil dis-trict to water transportation. And theUnited States Government is usingHlturlne as a protective covering uponthe metal work wllhln the big trans-port vessels thf^^ come Into the SanFrancisco |)arbor. Mile Rock Light House was built in1906 after the loss of the Rio Janeiro,which vessel it is supposed struck onthis Rock. The location is about onemile from the entrance of the GoldenGate and is seen by nearly all touristsvisiting San Francisco, who cannothelp noticing this Light House, whenviewing the Seal Rocks. The construc- ;. ^.. jN^ tion is particularly interesting andconsists of a steel base surmounted bythe Light House and the Light. It isnot circular in shape as is apparent tothe eye but rather the shape of thecapital letter D, a circle flattened onone side. One of the most interestingdetails in reference to this Light Is themeans the U. S. Government has ofpreserving this steel base, which issubject to all changes oi atmosphereand the errosive action of the saltwaves constantly beating upon It. Here manufacturers of metal coat-ing that are satisfactory for ordinaryuse acknowledge themselves iron preservative or coating Ispractical under such conditions Is theanswer of most manufacturers, and yetfor over four years now this steel basehas been protected from sun, wind andtide by an article called record is almost unparalleled un-der the seemingly impossible condi-tions. This truly must appeal to theArchitect and it certainly Is pleasantto see an article
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