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Pioneers of prefabrication : the British contribution in the nineteenth century / Gilbert Herbert.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection TH1098 .H47 1978
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herbert, Gilbert.
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins studies in nineteenth-century architecture.
- The Johns Hopkins studies in nineteenth-century architecture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buildings, Prefabricated--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Buildings, Prefabricated.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 228 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1978.
- Contents:
- Definitions and limitations
- The portable colonial cottage
- Corrugated iron and prefabrication
- The pioneer manufacturers
- Prefabricated structures for the Crimean War
- The temporary church for home and abroad
- Development and decline
- A cast-iron solution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-219) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Pam Scott.
- ISBN:
- 0801818524
- 9780801818523
- OCLC:
- 2632570
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