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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