Reports of the Massachusetts commissioners to the exposition at Vienna, 1873With special reports prepared for the Commission . , the stairway forms one of the most important archi-tectural features of the interior. It is of stone usually,although of late the French constructions, with the use ofwrought-iron, are coming somewhat into vogue. Where theflights are direct, without curve, the breadth of the stepsmust be at least four feet clear for buildings more than twostories high. The favorite form of stairway is that in whicheach step is built at one end alone, some ten inches into thewall, and
Reports of the Massachusetts commissioners to the exposition at Vienna, 1873With special reports prepared for the Commission . , the stairway forms one of the most important archi-tectural features of the interior. It is of stone usually,although of late the French constructions, with the use ofwrought-iron, are coming somewhat into vogue. Where theflights are direct, without curve, the breadth of the stepsmust be at least four feet clear for buildings more than twostories high. The favorite form of stairway is that in whicheach step is built at one end alone, some ten inches into thewall, and is not otherwise supported. Good limestone ischiefly employed for this purpose, and stands very well whennot subjected to violent shocks from heavy weights. In oneof the new large hotels, where the steps are some twelve feetlong, these are supported by double T girders, passing undereach end and resting upon stone columns. Where the neces-sary space is at hand, a three-armed stairway is generally builtin dwelling-houses, in each corner of which a square rest-ing-place occurs, formed by a single stone built on two of its. Plan of staircase in a Vienna house. sides into the adjacent walls. There is a case in Vienna ofartificial stone being applied to this purpose and standingvery well for several years ;—its width and breadth are about EEPORT OF MR. NELSON L. DERBY. 391 six feet, its thickness six inches, and its composition Kuf-steiuer cement and sand. I lived on one occasion for several mouths in a new housein Vienna, where a stairway of the form referred to exists.
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