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Lamington Bridge over the Mary River Maryborough by AlfredLamington Bridge over the Mary River, Maryborough, by Alfred Brady, 1895-6

A W Buel & C S Hill, Reinforced Concrete Construction (2nd ed, London 1906 [1904]), p 209

Lamington Bridge, QueenslandConstructional Review, L,4 (November 1977)

d d t ld d t lexpanded metalexpanded metalpp

expanded metal:view; manufacturing

process

Some Particulars Concerning 'Expanded Metal', its Production ad Uses in Fire-

Proof and Other Building Construction &cProof and Other Building Construction, &c(London 1897 [New York 1896]), p 7, fig 1International Library of Technology, Stone

and Brick; Cementing Materials and Mortar; Stone and Brick Masonry; Plain

Concrete; Reinforced Concrete;Concrete; Reinforced Concrete; Foundations; Retaining Walls; Culverts;

Tunnels; Dams; Introduction to Construction Drawing [volume 34D]

(Scranton [Pennsylvania] 1922 [1906-1912]), §45, p 11

expanded metal used as lathing for plasterJ J Cosgrove [ed W S Lowndes], Fireproofing of Buildings(Scranton

[Pennsylvania] 1919), p 73

Challis House Martin PlaceChallis House, Martin Place, Sydney, by Robertson &

Marks in conjunction with W L Vernon, GovernmentL Vernon, Government

Architect, 1907view under construction, with

Elliott McLean & Co's expanded steel

Building, I,1 (September 1907), p 21

South Melbourne Gasworks, by P C Holmes Hunt, engineer, g

laying the lower slab foundation raft; filling the void with site waste;

laying the upper slab

Building, I, 4 (14 December 1907), p 36; I, 5 (18 January 1908), p 53

Borthwick meat works, Brooklyn, by C A D'Ebro: laying concrete on expanded metalBuilding, I, 4 (14 December 1907), p 35

Borthwicks: the Fertiliser House, by C A D'EbroBuilding, I, 3 (21 November 1907), p 31

Borthwicksth Sh d L bthe Sheep and Lamb

Dressing Floorslab visible from the

undercroft

Miles LewisMiles Lewis

Borthwicks: detail of the expanded metalMiles Lewis

Borthwicks: the interstitial spaceMiles Lewis

52 Cl k52 Clarke Street, Port MelbourneMelbourne

an interlocking l th h ithlath house, with

the lathing exposed as a vent above the

entrance

Miles Lewis

the Hennebique system as patented in the United Kingdom, 1897Cowan, Science and Building, p 37

reinforced concrete techniques according to Hennebique

concrete building, 'Golf Hill', Shelford, c 1926-9: detail of column headMiles Lewis

concrete building, 'Golf Hill', Shelford, c 1926-9Miles Lewis

th M i tth M i tthe Monier systemthe Monier system

sewage aqueductssewage aqueducts, Johnstone's and White's

Creek [Forest Lodge], NSW, b W J B lt b ilt bby W J Baltzer, built by Carter, Gummow & Co,

1896

contemporary view

modern view at Forest Lodge

Constructional Review, L, 4 (November 1977), p 14Miles Lewis

Forest Lodge sewage aqueduct, detailMiles Lewis

Morrell or Botanical Bridge, Anderson Street, South Yarra, by W J Baltzer, supervised by J T N Anderson of Monash & Anderson, 1899

Miles Lewis

Fyansford Bridge, by J T N Anderson with W J Baltzer & Richard Taylor,1899-1900: view during construction, August-September 1899

Cazaly's Contract Reporter, 12 September 1899

Fyansford Bridge, modern viewMiles Lewis

Booth St bridge, Bendigo, by Monash& Anderson 1900 1:& Anderson, 1900-1:

turning the arch; testing

University of MelbourneUniversity of Melbourne Archives, Reinforced

Concrete & Monier Pipe Co Collection, BWP/23798 &

2379723797

the collapsed King's Bridge, Bendigo, by Monash & Anderson, 1900-1University of Melbourne Archives, Reinforced Concrete & Monier Pipe Co Collection, BWP/23802

bridge over Ford's Creek, Mansfield, by J F Cleeland, engineer, c 1907Building, I,4 (14 December 1907), p 37

Hindmarsh RailwayHindmarsh Railway Bridge, Victor

Harbour, South Australia, by John

Monash of the R i f d C tReinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Co, during constructionduring construction

Building, I, 5 (18 January 1908), p 55

Hi d h R il B idHindmarsh Railway BridgeBuilding, I,5 (18 January 1908), p 54

Monier lighthouse inMonier lighthouse in Sydney Harbour, by Gummow & Forrest:

sinking the cylinder and placing the upper stage

Building, I,6 (18 February 1908), pp 66, 65

Monier lighthouse in Sydney Harboury y

Building, I, 4 (14 December 1907), p 37

A t li M t L d & Fi C W l St B d St t K i tAustralian Mortgage Land & Finance Co Wool Store, Boyd Street, Kensington, by Purchas & Teague (c 1905-6), c 1907-8: cross-section, 30 January 1907

Monier Co file 605, MU Archives

Kelly & Jones Factory, Greensburg PA, by E L Ransome, 1903-4Peter Collins, Concrete, the Vision of a new Architecture (London 1959), pl 12B

Ernest L Ransome's patent edge-beam construction USA 1902Ernest L Ransome s patent edge beam construction, USA, 1902E L Ransome & Alexis Saurbrey, Reinforced Concrete Buildings (New York 1912), pl 12

2 & 3 Oliver Lane, Melbourne, by John Monash of the Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Company, 1905-7: from the east

Miles Lewis

2 & 3 Oliver Lane: i f hview from the west

or Oliver Lane side

Miles Lewis

2 & 3 Oliver Lane, Melbourne, by John Monash of the Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Company, 1905-7: basement

Miles Lewis

Bank Place Chambers, Bank Place, Melbourne, by Tunbridge & , , , y gTunbridge, 1906: contemporary & modern views

Clements Langford Collection, Melbourne University Archives; Miles Lewis

Bank Place Chambers, view in the basementview in the basement

and sketch of the structural form

Miles Lewis

Telephone Exchange, 447 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, by PWD, c 1907-10: sketch for sawtooth, 9 July 1907

Monier Co file 741, MU Archives, copied ML 1983

roof light at the Australian College of Dentistry, Spring St,

Melbourne, 1906,

Alan Holgate

Kither's Building, 29-31 King William St, Adelaide, by Garlick & Johnson, engineer John Monash, 1907: contemporary view

illustration supplied by Paul Stark

Kither's Building, detail of drawingJohn Thomas collection

reinforced concrete porch 'Chastleton'reinforced concrete porch, Chastleton , Toorak, by George de Lacy Evans, c 1907

Building, I, 4 (14 December 1907), p 41

George Higgins house, 4 Ray Street, Beaumaris, by Higgins & John Monash, 1912 [demolished c 1999]

Miles Lewis

Vestey's Meat Works, Darwin, by C A D'Ebro (1913) 1914-15: side of the tankMiles Lewis

Vestey's Meat WorksWorks

section of a buttress

Miles Lewis

Darwin High School gymnasium: converted from half of the Vestey's tankMiles Lewis

H R C f d dH R C f d dH R Crawford and H R Crawford and the Turner Systemthe Turner Systemyy

Lindeke-Warner building, St Paul, Minnesota, by C A P Turner, 1908-9C W Condit, American Building Art, the Twentieth Century (New York 1961), pl 74

a Turner slab being laid at the Larimer Street Bridge on Cherry Creek, Denver, USAcourtesy David Beauchamp

Lindeke-Warner building, slab reinforcementCondit, American Building Art, the Twentieth Century, p 169

Turner's Australian Patent, 1906no 7296/06 to C A P Turner, 7 November 1906

Sniders & Abrahams Building, Drewery Lane, Melbourne, by H R Crawford, 1909-10: detail showing reinforcement

Miles Lewis

Sniders & Abrahams, reinforcement being placedBuilding, 11 June 1910, p 59

Sniders & Abrahams, interior view of the top floorBuilding, 11 June 1910, p 60

Sniders & AbrahamsSniders & Abrahams, modern view of

columns

Miles Lewis

Sniders & AbrahamsSniders & Abrahams, old and modern views

(from in front of the St t Lib )State Library)

Building, 11 June 1910, p 57g, , p

1121 Dandenong Road, East Malvern, by H R Crawford, 1912Miles Lewis

the Kahn barthe Kahn barthe Kahn barthe Kahn bar

the domed reading room of the Public Library, Swanston Street, Melbourne, by Bates, Peebles & Smart, 1909-12:

Miles Lewis

domed reading room of the Public Librarycontemporary viewcontemporary view

State Library of Victoria

Public Library dome: part-section as designed gby John Monash, 1908

reinforcing by the Trussed Concrete Steel

CoCo

John Thomas collection; D A L Saunders, 'The Reinforced

Concrete Dome of the Melbourne Public Library 1911' ArchitecturalPublic Library, 1911 , Architectural

Science Review, II, 1 (March 1959), p 44

Public Library, view of the ground floorMiles Lewis

Kahn bar, diagram, and used as reinforcement in a continuous beamInternational Library of Technology, vol 34D, Stone and Brick, &c (Scranton [Pennsylvania] 1922

[1906-1912]), §45, pp 19, 15

Kahn bar reinforcement, isometric diagramInternational Library of Technology, Stone &c, §45, p 15

Elli tt M l & C d ti t f E d d M t lElliott Maclean & Co advertisement for Expanded Metal, and the Kahn Trussed Bar System

Walter Jeffries, The Australian Building Estimator (Sydney 1907), p 41

Public LibraryPublic Library

Monier beam reinforcement as

designed by Monash

Kahn reinforcementKahn reinforcement as used

John Thomas collectionTruscon: the First Fifty Years: a Short

History of The Trussed Concrete Steel Company Limited, 1907-1957

(London 1957), p 7

E G Stone and theE G Stone and theE G Stone and the E G Stone and the ConsidèreConsidère systemsystemConsidèreConsidère systemsystem

th H G H Gthe Hon G H Green house, Iandra NSW, by E G Stone 1910by E G Stone, 1910

view of the bachelors' quarters during construction

d l tiand on completion

Building, 12 March 1910, pp 73, 75

James Minifie silos, West Melbourne, by E G Stone, 1910Miles Lewis

Minifie silos: close view & detailMiles LewisMiles Lewis

the Considère system as used in columnsthe Considère system as used in columnsInternational Library of Technology, Stone &c, §45, p 22; W N Twelvetrees,

Concrete-Steel (c 1907), p 205, figs 70, 71, 72

Dennys Lascelles Austin & Co Wool store, Clare, Corio & Brougham Streets, Geelong, by E G Stone (1909) 1910-11

exposed reinforcement in strut, compared with a Considère columnMiles Lewis

the Considère system used in a haunched beamafter Frederick Rings, Reinforced Concrete Theory and Practice (London 1910), p 135

Dennys Lascelles yBuilding

reinforcing bars for column

News of the Week, 321 (2 November e s o t e ee , 3 ( o e be1911), p 16

test bridge Ivry France by Considère 1903test bridge, Ivry, France, by Considère, 1903C F Marsh & William Dunn, Reinforced Concrete (London 1905 [1904]), p 563

railway bridge over the Sée at Avranches, before 1910Rings, Reinforced Concrete, pp 58-9, fig 80

railway bridge over the Sée at Avranches, ,

before 1910

Rings, Reinforced Concrete, pp 58-9, fig 80

Dennys Lascelles Austin buildingbuilding

forming the top chord

News of the Week no 331 (2News of the Week, no 331 (2 November 1911), p 16

Dennys Lascelles Austin building: the roof nearing completionDennys Lascelles Austin building: the roof nearing completionNews of the Week, no 331 (2 November 1911), p 16

Dennys Lascelles Austin building: positioning the sawtooth lights

Dennys Lascelles photo

Dennys Lascelles Austin building

raising a roof panel

Dennys Lascelles photo

Dennys Lascelles Austin building: assembling roof panelsDennys Lascelles photo

Dennys Lascelles Austin building: the show floor with roof propped

Dennys Lascelles photo

Dennys Lascelles Austin building: forming the top chordNews of the Week, no 331 (2 November 1911), p 16

Dennys Lascelles Austin building: view of truss pair 5 & 6Miles Lewis

Dennys Lascelles Austin building: view with props removedDennys Lascelles photo

Dennys Lascelles Austin building: general view of the show floorNews of the Week, no 331(2 November 1911), p 16

Dennys Lascelles Austin building: the show floor with propsMiles Lewis

Dennys Lascelles Austin building: underside of the roof panelsMiles Lewis

Dennys Lascelles Austin building

north end of a truss

Mil L iMiles Lewis

Dennys Lascelles Austin building, form of the hogback girderMiles Lewis

Dennys Lascelles Austin building: from the north-east cornerMiles Lewis

demolition of the Dennys Lascelles Austin building, May 1990Miles Lewis

'Ambleside', 7 Windermere Avenue, Baulkham Hills, SydneyMiles Lewis

'Ambleside': detail of front wall'Ambleside : detail of front wall

Dennys Lascelles Austin b ildi d id f fbuilding, underside of roof

Miles Lewis

'Ambleside': detail of exposed

reinforcement

Miles Lewis

Barwon Sewage Aqueduct, as proposed by John Monash, 1912John Thomas collection

Barwon Sewage Aqueduct, by Stone & Siddely (1912) 1914-15

Constructional Review, L, 4 (November 1977), p 17

Barwon Sewage AqueductMiles Lewis

Barwon Sewage Aqueduct detail of the original drawingBarwon Sewage Aqueduct, detail of the original drawing

Geelong Waterworks and Sewerage Trust

Barwon Sewerage Aqueduct

Forth Bridge, Scotland, by John Fowler & Benjamin

Baker, 1888-90Baker, 1888 90

Miles Lewis; Warwick Sheffield

B k Gl l SABreakwater, Glenelg, SA, by Stone & Siddely from

1916:

assembling the wave screen ribs on the

caissonscaissons

as abandoned

courtesy Dean Pickering

the British Australasian Tobacco building collapsethe British Australasian Tobacco building collapsethe British Australasian Tobacco building collapsethe British Australasian Tobacco building collapse

British Australasian Tobacco Company building, Swanston St, by F J Davies, 1925: the Swanston St frontage and the collapse on the Stewart St frontage1925: the Swanston St frontage, and the collapse on the Stewart St frontage

Lyle Fowler [photo, State Library of Victoria H92.20/7765, Adelaide Advertiser, 27 April 1925, p 12

the Innesthe Innes--Bell systemBell systemthe Innesthe Innes--Bell systemBell system

the Republic System, USAF E Kidder & Thomas Nolan The Architects' and Builders'F E Kidder & Thomas Nolan, The Architects and Builders Handbook (17th ed, Wiley, New York 1921 [1884]), p 954

Sturtevant & Bedford Factory, Melbourne, on the Innes Bell system, before 1925Applications of the B.R.C. System of Reinforced Concrete Construction (1925), p 164

construction of Brandt's Garage, Woolloomooloo, NSW, on the Innes-Bell system, 1925Constructional Review, L, 4 (November 1977), p 39

the Innes-Bell systemsystem

C E Mayes, The Australian Builders and Contractors' Price BookContractors Price Book(9th ed, Sydney 1927), p

146

O ll G D li h t th I B ll t d t dOrwell Garage, Darlinghurst, on the Innes-Bell system, undatedMayes, Australian Builders Price Book (1927), advertisements, p 11

Manchester Unity yOddfellows Building

('Jensen House'), 335-347 Swanston Street347 Swanston Street, Melbourne, by Marcus

Barlow, c 1940-1

Miles Lewis

J H d t il th f i th flJensen House: details on the of ninth floorMiles Lewis

Kairi maize silos,

Atherton, QueenslandQueensland,

c 1924: slipformslipform

construction underway

Kairi maize silos during construction

Kairi maize silos, Atherton, Queensland, c 1924

the Fowler the Fowler systemsystemyy

walls of concrete houses being cast on steel traysBarnett & Burt, Housing the Australian Nation, p 32

precast houses on the Fowler system, p yFishermen's Bend

Barnett & Burt, Housing the Australian Nation, p 32

Housing Commission of

Vi t i fl t LVictoria flats, Lygon Street, Carlton,

1960s

Miles Lewis