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A History of the County of Lancaster
… floors whereof have been made of timber.' The floors and joists were, however, then rotten with water that had rained …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… another. The western part of the chapel was supported by joists, but the altar platform rested partly on masonry and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to reconstruct the galleries with steel columns and teak joists at an estimated cost of 8,250. In 1950 the Minutes of …
Survey of London
… lobbies from the auditorium, and giving support to the joists of the floors and galleries. On the longitudinal axis, … breaks in the amphitheatre parapet to support the raking joists and parapet of the first gallery, with, probably, … wide by laterally paired posts 36 feet high. To these the joists of the tiers and floors were fixed, and on their heads …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… impost blocks. Above the passage closely spaced joists support a stone-flagged floor. The 15th-century wooden … is exposed. The floor is mainly of stone slabs and the joists of the floor above, supported on three cross beams, … timbers 1 ft. apart. A deep ridge beam carries the ceiling joists, which slope slightly down to the side walls. The wall …
Survey of London
… conventional except in its use of cast iron for the floor joists and the trusses and covering of its hipped roof, …
Survey of London
… the heavy mahogany logs. Rennie also introduced cast-iron joists and entirely castiron roofs in houses within the dock …
Survey of London
… per sq.ft were stored in the buildings. 426 Replacement of joists and floorboards in the north quay warehouses was … The posts and beams for the top floor were reinstated, but joists and floorboards were omitted. 466 In 1914 the Royal …
Survey of London
… asphalt-paved concrete floor on rolled-steel girders and joists linked by wrought-iron arch plates (Plates 50c, 51a). … built by John Aird & Sons for 4,708, with steel girders, joists and arch plates supplied by the Blaenavon Company. 208 …
Survey of London
… in Spital Square, silk waste was packed between the floor joists, probably to deaden the sound of looms in the garret …