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Title: The Artizan
Year: 1843 (1840s)
Authors: Artizan club (London, England)
Subjects: Technology Industrial arts
Publisher: (London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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the usual manner. By this arrange-ment, any individual pontoon may be readily removed from underneaththe stage, in order to be repaired whenever it should happen to havebecome leaky. The flooring joists are made of 9-inch timber placed about3ft. !)in. apart, and are bolted down upon the main girders. A first layerof flooring, made of planks Im. by Bin., is screwed down upon the joists,and upon this is placed and fixed, by means of spikes, the upper flooring,made of planks 2in. by Oin. The whole of this woodwork is made of asoft description of timber. Mooring posts covered with cast iron caps, which themselves are providedwith a strong base and bolted to the flooring, arc fixed at intervals of 10ft.along the whole river front of the stage, and along the inncli edge as far asthe bridges it eaofa end. In the spaces between them arc placed strongwooden guard posts about 12in. square at the base, tapered off to aboutlOin. by 7in. at the top; they arc 4ft. high above the stage, and besides
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- ■ 26 Mersey Docks and Harbour. (The AbtizanL Feb. 1,1865. being fixed to the timbers below, they are bolted to the floor by means ofstron°- wrought iron knees, and from them are suspended, with chains ofabout ljin. iron, large rubbing beams, about 2ft. 6in. wide by 15in. thick,all round that portion of the stage against which the boats may be moored,to prevent injury both to the pontoons and to the boats. Convenient shedsare placed upon the stage, subdivided into parcel and refreshment rooms,and an open shed, affording shelter to passengers in stormy weather. Gasand water mains are conducted down to the stage along the under side ofthe bridges, and the whole structure is conveniently lighted at all points,both for ordinary and for signalling purposes. The bridges consist each of two hollow girders 150ft. span, with a clearroadway of 10ft. between them, and with a side walk of about 6ft. 6in. clearwidth outside each girder. The flooring of the roadway consists of a lowerlayer of p

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