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Title: The principles of mill and factory inspection for fire insurance purposes : with notes on the hydraulics of automatic sprinkler protection
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Brewster, A. Irving
Subjects: Factory inspection Mills and mill-work Sprinklers
Publisher: Richmond Hill, N.Y. : A. Irving Brewster
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Fires in con-cealed spaces are also out of reach of water thrown byautomatic sprinklers (see Automatic Sprinklers). Buildings of joisted construction may be constructedentirely of wood, or they may have brick walls and ajoisted roof covered on top with sheet tin. Whether thewalls are of wood, or of brick, the joisted interior (floorsand partitions) is quickly destroj-ed by fire. Original inspection reports give full details and coverthe name of tenant or tenants; location of risk; owner-ship of buildings; ownership of machinery; number ofhands and hours employed; operative and idle seasonspeculiar to the industry or the occupancy; goods made orsold; raw stock; processes; machinery; location of largestvalues; construction of building or buildings; general con-struction, height, character and proximity of exposing*^buildings or risks; common fire hazards; special fire haz-ards; administration of premises; private fire protection;public fire protection; fire record of the risk; prominent
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28 MILL ANDFACTORY INSPECTION desirable features; prominent undesirable features; recom-mendations (essential and desirable) for improvements,and a summary. Buildings.—The points about buildings to be coveredby reports are the age and condition of repair, dim.ensions,story height, walls, roof and roof supports, superstruc-tures, cornices, skylights or ventilators, floors and floorsupports, finish of walls and ceilings, all openings throughfloors such as stairs, elevators, well-holes and hatchways,belt-holes, chutes, etc., partitions and firewalls; and theoccupancy of each floor. When a brick or stone building ismore than two stories high, the thickness of walls at eachfloor should be given. Sometimes a building is found being used for a heavierpurpose than it was intended to serve. This means thatthe adaptability of buildings to the uses made of themshould be carefully considered. A business requiring theuse of heavy vibrating machinery may be found in a build-ing designed for a lig

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